Badges, Patches, Buttons

Name/Title

Badges, Patches, Buttons

Entry/Object ID

Box 23-F

Collection

3D Artifacts

Archive Items Details

Description

Container list Box 23-F Miscellaneous Badges, Patches, and Buttons 988.43.29 Hoover Dam Days button 988.43.29 "NIG" button 994.31.2.2 & 994.31.2.3 two (2) railroad watchman badges 994.31.24 "Thayer Fire Dept" badge 994.31.25 Junior Deputy Sheriff badge 000.30.1 campaign button ["Vote for Iris Bletsch City Council" (1990s)] 000.51.1a-d four (4) "NIG" buttons [c. 1980s] 000.51.2 State Railroad Museum Boulder City/Henderson [c.1990s] 000.51.4 campaign button ["Elect Dianne Frogge City Council" (1993)] 000.51.5a-b buttons ["Reflections Center/30 Sep 1994" (dedication)] L 000.51.6 button ["I Love Boulder City"] 000.51.7a-c political buttons and sample 'ballot ["Punch 62" (refers to a 2 May 1989 Boulder City initiative question regarding election of the mayor - "Punch 62" meant vote No)] 000.51.8a-c three (3) buttons ["Hoover Dam Day - Festival of Pride" (c.1992)] 000.51.10 campaign button ["Dewey/Warren" (c.1950s)] 000.115.1 badge [ILove Boulder City"] 001.9 badge ["Veterans Memorial Drive/Streetscape Project/Community Planting Day/21 Oct 2000] 001.41.37 political button ["Yes on 3") 001.41 38 button ["Boulder City, Nevada Round-up, Jan 4-7, 1962"] 001.41.39 button [`Western Days, Aug 21-22, 1971, Boulder City Jaycees"] 001.41.41 campaign button ["I'm For Bob [Broadbent], Lt. Governor" (1970)] 001.41.42 button ["Let's Go Buffalo/11540] 001.67a-d buttons ["93 ALT"] 001.86.5 campaign button [Franklin D. Roosevelt (c. 1940)] 001.86.6 campaign button [Goldwater/Miller (1964)] 001.86.7 campaign button ["Re-elect the President" (Richard Nixon, 1972)] 001.121.10 political button "$7,000 per Acre and You Can't Play!" [anti-MGM golf course, 1998] 001.121.11 political button "Don't Sell Land" [1999] 001.121.12 campaign button ["I'm for Bob [Broadbent], Lt. Governor" (1970)] 002.083.26 National Park Service shoulder patch [c. 1950s-60s1 002.105.5a-b two political buttons ["No On 2" (refers to a Boulder City Charter amendment question about Boulder City growth and development on the September 3, 2002 primary election ballot)] 003.054.3 political button [‘l Like Mike Pacini City Council" (metal, blue and white, 3" diameter; c. 1997] 003.054.4 political button ["Reelect Jon Porter Councilman 'Honesty in Government' "(metal, blue and white, 2.25" diameter, c. 1989-90)] 003.054.5a-b political buttons Non Porter State Senate 1" (metal, red, white, and blue, 1.75" x 2.75", c. 1994)] 003.054.6a-b political buttons ["Make a Difference/Vote/Christine Milburn/City • Council" (metal, red, white, and blue, 2.25" diameter, c. 1995)] 003.054.7a-b political buttons ["Vote for Alice Isenberg City Council" (metal, pink, red, green, black, 2.25" diameter, c. 1990s)] 003.054.8 political button ["Pilgrim/That's the Ticket!!" (John Pilgrim for Boulder City Council; metal, yellow and black, 2.5" diameter, c. 1987-1991)] 003.054.9 political button ["Joe!" (Dr. Joe Hardy for Boulder City Council; metal, blue and white, 2" x 2", 1999)] 003.054.10 political button ["Joe!" (Dr. Joe Hardy for Nevada State Assembly; metal, red, white, and blue flag motif, 2.25" diameter, 2002)] 003.054.11a-b commemorative buttons ["Reflections Center, Sept. 30, 1994" (commemorates the dedication of Reflections Center; metal, lime green and black, 2.25" diameter, 1994)] 003.054.12 political button [I'm Voting No On 42/Ask Me Why" (this refers to Boulder City ballot question no. 2 in the September 3, 2002 primary election which read, "Should the Boulder City Charter be amended to require that, 1. All land leases of greater than 1 acre, which are for more than 10 years, shall be subject to voter approval; and, 2. All land sales of more than 1 acre, whether to profit or nonprofit organizations, shall be subject to voter approval?"; the question was defeated; this button is type 1 of two, paper over metal, black and yellow, 2.5" diameter, 2002)] 003.054.13 political button [type 2 of 003.054.12; metal, green and white, 2.25" diameter, 2002] 003.054.14 promotional button ["I Have Pride/National Park Service" (metal, red, white, and blue, 2.25" diameter, n. d.)] 003.054.15 promotional button ["We Try Harder/Boulder City, NV" (metal, red, black, blue, green, white; depicts salmon jumping upstream of a waterfall; 1.75", n. d.)] 003.054.16 promotional button ["Welcome to Boulder City/Expect to See Great Things" (the design of this button was made to reflect the design of a series of billboards along U. S. 93 at the west entrance of Boulder City; metal, black and green, 2.25" diameter, c. 1990s)] 003.054.19a-b promotional button ["Southern Nevada Railroad Museum" (metal, blue, brown, black, white, and mustard; features a 19th century train engine motif with mountains; 1.75" diameter, c. 1990s)] 003.054.20 commemorative button ["Black Canyon Juried Art Show / Boulder City, Nevada / May 5 & 6, 1984" (metal, brown and cream, mountain sheep motif, 2.25: diameter, 1984)] 003.054.23 commemorative button ['Veterans Memorial Drive Streetscape Project Community Planting Day, October 21, 200" (metal, yellow and black, 2" diameter, 2000)] 003.054.24a-b commemorative button [`Plant a Veterans Garden / Veterans Home Community Planting Day, May 11, 2002" (metal, black and beige, 2" diameter, 2002)] 003.054.27a-d. political button [‘’'Library, Yes!' "(this refers to a bond question on the June 8, 1999 General and Special Election to fund construction of a new library for Boulder City--the question passed; metal, green and white, 2.25" diameter, 1999)] 003.067.2 "Win With Johnson" political badge [Lyndon Johnson; red, white, blue, and black metal with a photograph of Johnson; 3.5" diameter; c. 1964] 003.088.1 Boulder City political badge [2003: Karla Burton for City Council (red and white; metal; 3" diameter)] 003.088.2 Boulder City political badge [2003: "I Like Mike" (Mike Pacini; white letters on blue background; metal; 3" diameter)] 004.139.15 Wendall Willkie for president decal [3.75" diameter] and badge [7/8" diameter] [Willkie was a Republican who ran against Franklin Roosevelt in 1940] 004.175.5 "Shriners Hospital for Children" pin ["supporter;" metal, gold-tone; .75" x .75"] 004.176.1 political badge: Republican Lorraine Hunt for Nevada Lieutenant Governor, 1998 [3" diameter, metal; red and blue lettering on white field] 004.176.2 political badge: Republican Kenny Guinn for Nevada Governor, 1996 [3" diameter, metal; yellow and white lettering on a blue field] 004.176.3a political badge: Republican Jim Gibbons for Nevada Congressman, 1996 [2.5" diameter, metal; red and blue lettering on a white field] 004.176.3b political badge: Republican Jim Gibbons for Nevada Congressman, 1998 [2.5" diameter, metal; red and blue lettering on a white field] 004.176.4 political badge: "Re-elect City Councilman Eric Lundgaard" to the Boulder City Counci1,1996 [2.25" diameter metal; white lettering and graphic on a blue field] 004.176.5 political badge: "Elect Iris Bletsch Assembly District 22," 1996 [3" diameter, metal; black lettering on a yellow background] 004.176.8a-b two "metalized" paper identification badges, c. 1940s [2.25" x 3.25", one blue and one green; front: "Boulder City, Nevada" and a depiction of Hoover Dam embossed over a plastic window; back: "Midwest Badge & Novelty Co., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., No. 10" 005.076.2a-c three commemorative badges from the 2005 [December 31, 2004] First Night celebration [2" x 2"] 005.077.7a-c three political badges: "No On 2" [refers to the September 3, 2002 Boulder City ballot question requiring a popular vote before the city can sell more than 1 acre of land (the question passed)] [metal; white with green lettering; manufactured by International Button Promotions, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada; 2.25" diameter] 005.077.8a-b two anti-Question 2 brochures produced by Save Our City [three-panel, 3.5" x 8.5" folded, 8.5" x 11" unfolded] 006.002.3a-b two commemorative badges from the December 31, 2005 First Night celebration, one with “volunteer" sticker [2.25" x 3.251 006.130.3a-b two commemorative badges from the 2006 [December 31, 2005] First Night celebration [2" x 3”] 007.081.1a-b Chic Hecht campaign button, c. 1980s ["Hecht Yes" and "Paid For by Hecht Re-Election Committee;" red, white, and blue; 2.5" diameter] 007.081.2a-b Chic Hecht campaign buttons, c. 1980s ["Re-Elect Chic Hecht Senator" and "Paid For by Hecht Re-Election Committee;" red, white, and blue; 3" diameter] 007.081.3 Chic Hecht campaign button, c. 1980s rElect Hecht United States Senator/Experienced Leadership ... and He Knows Nevada;" red, white, and blue; 1.75" x 2.751 007.081.4 George Bush I campaign button ["George Bush '88;" red, white, and blue; 1-5/8" diameter] 007.081.5a-b Jon Porter campaign buttons, c. 1990s Non Porter/State Senate 1;" red, white, and blue; 1.75" x 2.75"] 007.081.6a-c Gerald Ford campaign button, c. 1977 ["President Ford;" white lettering on blue; 1-3/8" diameter] 007.081.7a-b same as 007.081.6a-c, but white lettering on red 007.081.8a-c Gerald Ford/Robert "Bob" Dole campaign buttons, c. 1977 ["Ford/Dole;" red, white, and blue; 1-3/8" diameter] 007.081.9a-b. Robert List campaign buttons, c. 19980s-90s rAdd Me to the List Campaign;" blue, white, and pink; 1.25" diameter] 007.081.10. Official Guide Book [to the] Inaugural 1969 [Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew; red cover with black lettering; 4-3/8" x 6”] 007.081.11 Richard Nixon campaign brochure, c. 1968 ["Nixon's the One!;" black-and-white pictorial] 007.081.12a-b two Richard Nixon campaign bumper stickers, 1968 Mixon's the One!;" red lettering on white; 3-3/8" x 11.251 007.081.13a-b two copies of the souvenir pictorial publication detailing Richard Nixon's visit to West Berlin on February 27, 1969 [64 pp.; coated pictorial wrappers; Berlin: Press and Information Office, 1969; 7.75" x 8.25”] 007.081.14 Richard Nixon campaign brochure designed to resemble the cover of Time Magazine, dated April 1968 ["Choice '68/Nixon's the One;" cover portrait of Nixon by David Warren; 8.5"x 11”] 007.081.15 Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge campaign button, 1960 ["I'm for Nixon and Lodge;" red, white, and blue; 1-7/8" diameter] 007.081.16 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew campaign button ['Nixon/Agnew;" red, white, and blue; 1.25" diameter] 007.081.17 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew campaign button, c. 1968 ["Women for Nixon Agnew;" red, white, and blue; 1-7/8" diameter] 007.081.18a-c Richard Nixon campaign button ["Nixon's the One!" black lettering, red and white background; 3" diameter] 008.030.001.a-b two Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro campaign buttons, 1984 008.030.002.a-b two Robert E. Rose, NV governor campaign buttons, 1978 008.030.003.a-b two Edward "Ted" Kennedy campaign buttons, 1980 [challenged Jimmy Carter for the presidential nomination at the Democratic Convention] 008.030.004.a-b-c-d four Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson campaign buttons, 1980 [challenged Walter Mondale for the vice-presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention] 001.190.12 John F. Kennedy campaign button 001.190.19.a-b two Lyndon B. Johnson campaign buttons, 1964; one with Nevada ribbon 001.191.20 John F. Kennedy campaign button 001.190.21 Hubert Humphrey campaign button 002.026.1 button “I [heart] Boulder City” 007.100.5 button Making a Case for Women; AAUW Women Advocacy Fund 007.100.6 button Choice is Still an Issue! 007.101.2. a-c three buttons — Yes on 1 — Reduce the Debt 000.38.2a-c Hoover Dam golden anniversary 000.38.3 Hoover Dam 50th 000.38.4 1991 Damboree 000.38.5 Annual Damboree, Boulder City Lodge # 1682 007.101.3 Best Dam Barbque No # small American flag lapel pin No # campaign button [Harry Reid] No # 2 Lake Mead Boating Club cloth patch No # button ["93 ALT"] No # Harry Reid

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

BC Library Basement

Date

October 31, 2025

Created By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Create Date

November 3, 2025

Updated By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Update Date

February 3, 2026