Button, Campaign

Object Name:

Button, Campaign

Object ID:

2007.056.15

Creator:

Hyatt Manufacturing Co.

Place of Origin:

Baltimore, MD

Date:

1908-1912

Description:

Presidential campaign pin button, William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman, plastic-coated paper on metal, 1908 or 1912. Photograph of Taft and Sherman together, no text. Printed paper label on back: "MADE BY / HYATT / M'F'G CO. / BALTO. MD. / BADGES BUTTONS / OF ALL KINDS", printed over large union bug. Pin on back.

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

D-0.1 Dia-0.9 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:

Taft, William Howard (1857-1930), Sherman, James S. (1855-1912), Parker, Frank A. (1866-1950)

Subjects:

Button, Campaign, Photograph, Pin, Political, President