Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.15
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1896-1908
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button. Paper and celluloid on metal. Bust-length black and white image of William Jennings Bryan, side view. Head inside a circle with black lettering: "WM J. BRYAN" printed above head inside circle. Circle outlined in blue, white inside. Background of button is blue with white stars on top and red and white stripes on bottom. Paper insert in back, black printing on white background: "THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894. / APRIL 14, 1896. / JULY 21, 1896".
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Plastic - Dimensions:
- Dia-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the NH 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 NH Constitutional Convention.
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
- Subjects:
- Presidential candidates, Presidential elections
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