Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Luce Center
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
Object Number:
INV.2303
Date:
1928
Medium:
Silk, metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 in. ( 20.3 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "REPUBLICAN/COUNTY/COMMITTEE/HOOVER/OTTINGER/AND/VICTORY"
Inscription: "CAPTAIN"
Description:
Red, white, and blue striped silk satin ribbon with inscription imprinted in gold: "REPUBLICAN/COUNTY/COMMITTEE/HOOVER/OTTINGER/AND/VICTORY"; suspended from elaborate gilt metal pin-back bar inscribed in blue "CAPTAIN"; circular plastic pin-back button with photographic image of Herbert Hoover suspended from ribbon below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
