Two tiny blue pinback buttons each with a central flag showing a white field with a red border and blue vertical stripes encircled by the words in white "Fourth Liberty Loan". World War I era.

A tiny white pinback button with a central white field and red cross over the date "1921". A Red Cross pin.

A tiny white pinback button with a blue border around a central white field and red cross over the date "1919". A Red Cross pin.

An ivory colored pinback button printed with a drawing of a fireman with an old fashioned leather helmet encircled by the words "Firemen's Fair, February 3-9/ Convention August 12-13, 1902".

An ivory colored pinback button printed with a drawing of two women in draped in yellow and red cloth that takes the shape of the North and South American continents encircled by the words "Pan-American Exposition 1901 Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A."

An ivory colored pinback button printed in blue "Masonic Fair/ Batavia, N.Y./ I'll Be There, Oct. 8-13, '06".

A beige pinback button with a central portrait of imposing man with the caption "John L. Lewis, President", encircled by the words "50th Golden Jubilee/ United Mine Workers of America." John L. Lewis was president of the UMWA from 1920-1960. His work to organize the country's industrial workers through the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s helped raise living standards for millions of American families. In the first year of the CIO, nearly four million workers joined labor organizations and wages were raised by over a billion dollars. Lewis sent hundreds of UMWA organizers to help create some of the nation's leading labor unions, including the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), the United Auto Workers (UAW), the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and many other important labor organizations that continue to speak in behalf of America's workers. Perhaps Lewis' greatest legacy was the creation of the UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund in a contract with the federal government, signed in the White House with President Truman in attendance.

A beige pinback button with a central photolithograph of a colonial era church under tall pine trees encircled by the words "Grand Camp Confederate Veterans Oct. 23, 24, 25, 1901/ Old Blaudford Church/ Built 1737/ Petersburg, VA."

This very large wood printer's block reads, in reverse, "Heller's/ Banner Soap/ Newark, N.J."

A white pinback button with the American Legion symbol in blue in the center encircled by a border of red stripes and white stars and the words "Welcome American Legion", with a red, white and blue striped ribbon attaching a dangling brass World War I Doughboy's helmet to the pin.