Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1958
Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge Company
Date1962
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid; Ink
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal celluloid closed back button with horizontal, clasped pinback. Face of button features blue, white, and yellow background, with a Pennsylvania keystone shape in the center. Within the keystone, there are black and white photos of two men. White text above the keystone, and blue text to the left and right sides of the keystone, and below the keystone. Silver back. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.5 x 0.375 in. (8.9 x 1 cm)InscriptionsText above image reads: "VAN ZANDT / SCRANTON". Text to the viewer's left of the keystone reads: "VOTE", and text to the viewer's right of the keystone reads: "GOP". Text below keystone reads: "AND / SHAFER-KELLY-ROBERTS".
MarksMaker's mark along bottom edge reads: "PHILA. BADGE CO., INC. PHILA. PA.".
Union label printed next to the maker's mark along the bottom edge.
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Audrey Kelly
Related person
James E. Van Zandt
Related person
William Warren Scranton
(1917 - 2013)
Related person
Raymond P. Shafer
Related person
Samuel Roberts
On View
Not on view
1958
c. 1946
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