Badge, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1137
Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge Company
Date1930
OriginPhiladelphia, PA
MediumMetal/Celluloid/Paper/Ink/Linen
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionJohn M. Hemphill campaign badge consisting of photographic pin with white ribbon attached.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 8.25 × 2.438 × 0.125 in. (21 × 6.2 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsBlue text below crossed flags on badge's ribbon reads: "LIBERAL / PARTY / FOR GOVERNOR / JOHN / M. / HEMPHILL".
MarksAllied Printing union label is illegible at bottom center of ribbon.
Maker's mark on back of button reads "PHILA. BADGE CO. / PHILA. PA / 942 MARKET ST"; below this is an illegible union label, and below this reads "BADGES / BUTTONS / EMBLEMS".
Related person
John M. Hemphill
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related institution
Allied Printing
On View
Not on view
1920
