Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign

Button, Campaign

Object number2018.39.31
Manufacturer
Date1987-2009
Possible OriginNewton, IA
Possible OriginWinona, MN
MediumPlastic; Paper; Ink; Metal
Credit LineGift of Brian Butko
DescriptionCircular judicial campaign button. Front has paper background that is yellow across center with black above and below. Front has yellow and black campaign message. Button has clear plastic cover. Paper front and plastic cover are crimped around the perimeter. Semi-matte textured silver metal backer with horizontal pinback at top center.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.063 x 0.313 in. (7.8 x 0.8 cm)
InscriptionsFront has yellow and black text "KEEP / MAZUR / JUDGE".
MarksFront has yellow printed union label at bottom center "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES / UNION / LABEL / COUNCIL / WINONA, MINN.".

Bottom edge has yellow printed text "NEWTON MFG. CO., NEWTON, IA 515-792-4121".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of political memorabilia related to Andrew Butko's involvement in national, state, and local Democratic Party politics. Judge Lee J. Mazur was appointed to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 1987 by Governor Bob Casey. He served until his 2009 retirement, after which he presided as a senior judge. Mazur graduated from Saint Vincent College in 1961 and received his law degree from West Virginia University in 1964. After which he served as a law clerk before joining the Neighborhood Legal Services. In 1969, he became an assistant public defender for Allegheny County for one year before he was elected judge for the Plum Borough Magisterial District Court.
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