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Button, Campaign

Object Name:
Button, Campaign
Object ID:
2001.017.19
Date:
1939
Description:
Campaign button. Celluloid and paper over metal. Blue border on top with white lettering "ELECT". White circle in center with stripe extending to either side, blue star at top of cirle and red lettering in circle "LEMAY". Blue border at bottom with white lettering: "MAYOR".
Material:
Metal
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.

Eugene H. Lemay was mayor of Nashua, NH 1939-1945.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
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