Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.2050
Manufacturer
A.G. Trimble Company
Date1964
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumMetal; Ink; Paper; Celluloid
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal closed-back campaign button with vertical, clasped pinback. Face of button has a white background. Blue cartoon raccoon sitting on a fence post, with a half-moon above it, smiling down on the raccoon, located in the viewer's left side. A comparatively smaller red cartoon drawing of a raccoon sitting on a fence post with a smiling half-moon in the lower right-center section. Red and blue text on the viewer's center-right and right sections of button. Red maker's mark printed along bottom edge, and a union label printed along top edge. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.5 x 0.25 in. (8.9 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsRed text at the top reads: " 'THAT / SAME OLD / COON' ".
Blue text in the center reads: "GOLDWATER / AND / MILLER".
Red text below this reads: "The Republican / National Emblem / 1880".
MarksMaker's mark reads: "A.G. TRIMBLE CO. PITTSBURGH PA 15222".
International Photo-Engraver's union label printed along the top edge.
Related institution
International Photo-Engravers' Union of North America
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
William E. Miller
Related person
Barry Goldwater
On View
Not on view
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