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Button, Campaign

Object Name:
Button, Campaign
Object ID:
2017.014.122
Creator:
-- Instrument Make
Date:
circa 1956
Description:
Presidential campaign pin button, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. Circular metal button, red, white, and blue. "STEVENSON / AND / KEFAUVER" in blue on white. Reverse has straight pin, with multiple Union Label seals on inside.
Material:
Metal
Dimensions:
H-0.2 W-0.9 Dia-0.8 inches
Provenance:
Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
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