Button, Campaign

Object Name:: Button, Campaign
Object ID:: 2003.019.31
Creator:: Pilgrim Badge & Specialty Company -- Manufacturer
Place of Origin:: Boston, MA
Date:: 1936
Description:: Presidential campaign pin button, Alf Landon and Frank Knox, 1936. Circular, celluloid on metal. Red around edge with white lettering: "LANDON AND KNOX / HAIGIS · SALTONSTALL · LODGE". White center with blue elephant, blue and white lettering: "YOUNG REPUBLICANS / VOTE FOR". White union bug on edge. Paper insert in back with blue union bug and lettering: "PILGRIM BADGE / & SPECIALTY CO. / 299 Washington St. / Boston, Mass." Pin on back.
Material:: Metal
Dimensions:: D-0.1 Dia-0.85 inches
Provenance:: Republican nominations in1936 campaign: Alf Landon, president; Frank Knox, vice president; John W. Haigis, Mass. governor, Leverett Saltonstall, Mass. lieutenant governor; Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. senator from Mass.
Credit Line:: Gift of Richard Cummings
People:: Landon, Alfred M. (1887-1987), Knox, William Franklin (1874-1944), Roosevelt, Franklin (1882-1945), Haigis, John, Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. (1902-1985), Saltonstall, Leverett A. (1892-1979)
Subjects:: Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, Political campaigns, Elephants, Governors, Senators (U.S.)