1940
GUSN-225479
Small stick pin, political button. Tin alloy frame, machine pressed plastic cover with three horizontal red, white and blue stripes. Button reads, "Wilkie for President" in large capital letters. Manufacturer label on back.
buttons (information artifacts)
tin alloy
plastic (organic material)
paper (fiber product)
Button, Political
"FOR/ WILKIE/ PRESIDENT/ JPED/ [illegible]' (printed)
"Universal/ Badge Co., 3 School St./ Boston, Mass./ ALLIED PRINTING/ TRADES UNIOIN [?] COUNCIL/ BOSTON" (printed)
Universal Badge Co. (Maker)
7/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Helen R. Haddad, Mr. Edward S. Rogerson, Mr. Henry P. Rogerson and William G. Rogerson, Esq.
2001.175
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Sauceboat Accession Number 2001.251
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