Button

Object Number: 
INV.7369
Date: 
1896
Medium: 
Metal, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description: 
Pin-back campaign button; depicts Theodore Roosevelt; inscribed "THEODORE ROOSEVELT"; reverse printed on paper "BUTTONS MADE BY/THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.,/NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./PAT. APRIL 14, 1896,/JULY 21, 1896"
Gallery Label: 
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the twenty-sixth president of the United States holding office from 1901 to 1908.
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Creative: Tronvig Group