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Round yellow button with inscription printed in black on an oval white ground, center front: "The Railroad Agent's Association of New England." Closure with a metal pin and hook on back. Maker's label on back [See inscriptions].
buttons (fasteners)
metal
printing (process)
Button, Promotional
Brass
Unidentified Paper
Transfer Printed
Button, Promotional
Printed label on back: ""THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ NEWARK, N.J./ ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL/ UNION LABEL/ NEWARK, N.J./ PATENT JULY 17, 1894/ APRIL 14, 1896/ JULY 21 1896""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
The Railroad Agents Association of NE
The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
Newark, NJ, USA
3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4867
1896 (patent date on back)
New Jersey (United States)
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