McKinley button with radiating bands

Object/Artifact

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

McKinley button with radiating bands. front: Origformat: Artifact
McKinley button with radiating bands. front

Origformat: Artifact

Name/Title

McKinley button with radiating bands

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.2247

Description

This is a 7/8 in. diameter button made of metal, celluloid and paper, with a portrait of McKinley, facing left with a radiating bands of black and ivory circling his head. On the reverse side is a pinback for atachment with a metal ring around the item . A paper insert has manufacturer's markings that read "Baldwin & Gleason Co., Ltd., New York. Campaign Buttons And Badges. Pat. Aug. 8, 1899. For some information about the history of buttons see this site: http://www.tedhake.com/viewuserdefinedpage.aspx?pn=buttonhistory

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL