Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1916
Manufacturer
A.G. Trimble Company
Date1962
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid; Ink
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal closed back campaign button with horizontal, clasped pinback. Face of button features red section at the top and blue section at the bottom. There is a white section in the center in the shape of the state of Pennsylvania, containing two black and white images of two men facing forward. There is white text above and below these images. Blue union label printed to the viewer's right side of the button. Maker's mark printed along bottom edge of button. Silver-tone metal back. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.438 x 0.25 in. (8.7 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsText in top section of button reads: "VAN ZANDT". Text in bottom section of button reads "SCRANTON"
MarksMaker's mark along bottom reads: "A.G. TRIMBLE CO. PITTSBURGH 22 PA".
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
James E. Van Zandt
Related person
William Warren Scranton
(1917 - 2013)
On View
Not on view
