Button, Political

Object/Artifact

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Lake County Historical Society

Name/Title

Button, Political

Entry/Object ID

1991.026.019

Description

Small metal button - portrait of W.J. Bryan - copyright 1900 marking on front. Cardboard inside button - The May Company, Cleveland, Ohio (distributor) made by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, New Jersey. William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860-July 26, 1925) was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party; standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1906). He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives; from Nebraska and was United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1915), resigning because of this pacifist position on World War I.

Collection

Political Artifacts

Made/Created

Date made

1890

Notes

Date: 1890's

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Round - width 1/2" length 1/2"

Material

Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1991.026.001, 1991.026.002, 1991.026.003, 1991.026.004, 1991.026.005, 1991.026.006, 1991.026.007, 1991.026.008, 1991.026.009, 1991.026.010, 1991.026.011, 1991.026.012, 1991.026.013, 1991.026.014, 1991.026.015, 1991.026.016, 1991.026.017, 1991.026.018, 1991.026.020, 1991.026.021, 1991.026.022, 1991.026.023