Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2009.023.056
- Creator:
- Whitehead Hoag Company
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1928-1932
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, Herbert Hoover, 1928 or 1932. Plastic-covered paper on metal. White lettering on black: "FOR PRESIDENT / HERBERT HOOVER". Photo of Hoover in center. Piece of celluloid, in form of a bowtie, inserted on reverse; printed with red, white, and blue stripes; imprinted on reverse, "PATENT APPLIED FOR THE WHITEHEAD HOAG CO., NEWARK, N.J.", preceded by union bug. Pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic
Celluloid - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-1.35 D-0.1 Dia-0.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Creeley S. Buchanan (1917-2008) of Amherst, NH, who served as a state senator, 1965-1970. Donated by his widow.
- Credit Line:
- Buchanan-Spalding Collection, Gift of Rosamond Buchanan
- People:
- Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
- Subjects:
- Presidential candidates, Presidential elections
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