Ribbon badge: German-American Democratic Club of Hoboken, July 4, 1902. Mayor Adolph Lankering.
Entry/Object ID
2009.006.0003
Description
Ribbon badge: German-American Democratic Club of Hoboken, July 4, 1902. Mayor Adolph Lankering. "Public Office is a Public Trust." Stamped metal pin-back clasp bar with red-white-blue striped ribbon imprinted in gold; attached photo button with image of Lankering and text.
Overall: 1-5/8" wide x 4-1/4" long; photo button 1-1/4" diameter.
Lankering served as Hoboken Mayor from 1901-1906. The event held by this organization while obviously related to the Fourth of July holiday was apparently also a rally supporting the Mayor. It could be interpreted as a display of both their patriotism and cultural heritage.
The button is celluloid with a celluloid cap back with the manufacturer's imprint (The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J.) Their imprint is also on the ribbon and on the edge of the photo button.
Acquisition
Accession
2009.006
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
