Name/Title
Mourning ButtonEntry/Object ID
1997.519.1Description
Small black button attached to black ribbon. The button is a black and white side profile of a middle-aged man in glasses and a suit looking to the viewer's left. The bottom edge of the ribbon is slightly frayed.Item Type
ButtonContext
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was an academic and politician who served as the twenty-eighth President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Born in Virginia, Wilson lived in Columbia, South Carolina from 1870 to 1874. He is best known for his economic reforms, the establishment of the League of Nations, leading the United States into World War I, and his role in securing the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920. Wilson would have sought a third term, but his health was severely compromised by a stroke in 1919. He died five years later, cared for by his second wife, Edith Bolling Wilson (1872–1961).
This pin was likely worn by an American citizen following Wilson's death.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge CompanyDate made
1924Place
State/Province
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMark, Engraving or Stamp
Location
BacksideTranscription
Phila Badges Co. Buttons - Emblems
Phila PA
942 Market StreetMaterial/Technique
LabelDimensions
Width
1-5/8 inLength
1-1/4 inMaterial
Metal, Paper, RibbonRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Woodrow Wilson