Button
- Object Name:
- Button
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.23
- Date:
- 1933-1935
- Description:
- Political button. Metal. White background, blue eagle with wings spread clutching a cog wheel in one claw and three lightning bolts in the other, blue lettering over bolts: "U.S." Red lettering: "NRA / VOLUNTEER / WE DO OUR PART". Pin in back extends just beyond edge of button.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-0.75 Dia-0.688 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.
Symbol of the National Recovery Administration 1933-1935. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
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