Button
- Object Name:
- Button
- Object ID:
- 2007.056.13
- Creator:
- Whitehead Hoag Co.
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1915
- Description:
- Pin button, plastic-coated paper on metal, World War I. White lettering on blue: "NATIONAL MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN / 1915 LMM 1916". Blue lettering on globe in center: "ENLISTED / FOR / WORLD / SERVICE". Gold edge. Printed paper label on back: "THE WHITEHEAD HOAG CO. / BUTTONS, / BADGES, / NOVELTIES / AND SIGNS / NEWARK, N.J.", with union bug. Pin on back. Removable green plastic (celluloid?) ribbon with two tails; left tail imprinted "NEW HAMPSHIRE / CONVENTION"; right tail imprinted "MANCHESTER / DEC. 1-2-3-5, 1915"; top of insert imprinted "THE WHITEHEAD HOAG CO., NEWARK, N.J. / PAT. JUNE 6, 1905".
- Material:
- Metal
Plastic - Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-1.2 D-0.1 Dia-0.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Frank A. Parker (1866-1950) of Goffstown, NH, grandfather of donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift or Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker Colby
- People:
- Parker, Frank A. (1866-1950)
- Subjects:
- Buttons, Campaigns, Military, Conventions, Globes, Missionaries, Ribbons, World War I
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