Museum Collections
Luce Center
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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