Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.14
- Date:
- 1904
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, Alton B. Parker, 1904. Paper and celluloid on metal. Head and shoulders black and white image of Parker within a circle. Circle is on top of an eagle with brown tail and wings, white head, and yellow beak. The head and wings are above and around the circle, the tail is below. Background of blue with white stars on top and red and white stripes on bottom. White letters "ALTON B. PARKER" on figure's chest. No pin on back.
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Ralph W. Holt (1883-1937) of Nashua, NH, was a building contractor. He served seven years in the N.H. National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915, and a delegate to the 1918 N.H. Constitutional Convention.
Alton B. Parker was the Democratic nominee for president in 1904. He lost to Theodore Roosevelt in a landslide. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
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