Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1947
Manufacturer
Pictorial Productions Inc.
Date1962
MediumMetal; Paper; Plastic
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular lenticulated campaign button with a horizontal, clasped pinback. When the button is tilted one way, there is a white background with black text through the center. When button is tilted the other way, there is a black and white image of a man in the center, facing forward. Blue metal background. White maker's mark printed on the back of the button, with a union label printed in the lower center section.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.5 x 0.375 in. (6.4 x 1 cm)InscriptionsWhen tilted a certain way, the button reads: "I'M FOR / SCRANTON".
Marks"VARI-VUE by / PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. / MT. VERNON, N.Y. USA / PAT. NO. 2,815,310".
Related person
William Warren Scranton
(1917 - 2013)
Related institution
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
On View
Not on view
1962