Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.18
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- Campaign button. Metal. Blue stipe, white stripe with red lettering: "LET'S BACK" over blue lettering: "IKE", red stripe on bottom. Union labels in red on the back of the button on the edges of the white stripe: "I. P. E. U." in a diamond within a rectangle with number "634" to right side; oval label too small to read words, numbers "313" to right side. Also on back edge in script: "H. LITHO 7/8" ". Pin in back of button extends beyond edge. Blue union bugs in repeating pattern on back of button, silver-colored background. Oval: "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES / UNION / LABEL / COUNCIL / CHICAGO. ILL." with numbers "313" below. Same I.P.E.U. bug as above. Oval: "LOCAL 116 / UNION / LABEL / SHOP NO. 1" with tools inside a circle.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-1 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.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
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