Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.17
- Creator:
- Ehrman Manufacturing Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1906
- Description:
- Campaign button. Celluloid and paper over metal. Black and white image, head and shoulders 3/4 view of Henri Ledoux. Image surrounded by thin black circle, thin black circle outlines edges of button as well. Lettering inside outer circle: "FIRST CHOICE / HENRI T. LEDOUX". Paper insert in back, white with black text: "MADE / BY / EHRMAN / MFG CO. / BOSTON, MASS." Union bug below: "AMERICAN / UNION / L. I. P. & B. A. / LABEL / MANAUFACTURE".
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- Dia-0.813 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.
Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 1906, lost to incumbent Frank D. Currier. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
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