Gold McKinley and Roosevelt Campaign Pin on black ribbon

Object/Artifact

McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

Gold McKinley and Roosevelt Campaign Pin on black ribbon

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.2190

Description

This item is a gold metal jugate pin containing sepia-toned portraits of President McKinley and Vice-Presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt. The pin is 7/8 inches in diameter and is attached to a 5 inch double black cloth ribbon. The reverse of the pin has a paper insert with "Allied Printing Trade Council, Union Label, Newark, N.J." "Patent January 17, 1894, April 14,1896, July 21,1896." The manufacturer, "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J." is located above the union label.

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL