Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a flag divided horizontally into a broad yellow and narrow blue and red sections with a central red and blue oval, marked in black "U.S. Of Colombia." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4155
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
52644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a flag divided horizontally into a broad yellow and narrow blue and red sections with a central red and blue oval, marked in black "Colombian Republic." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4154
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
52643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A white metal pinback button printed with a flag divided horizontally into blue, white and blue sections, marked in black "Argentine." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was probably part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4153
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
52642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A dark blue pinback button printed in white "I-Ride/ The Lu-Mi-Num", above a tiny bicycle rider doing a wheelie. Probably a reference to the very new and light weight aluminum alloys becoming available during this era. One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4016
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A light blue pinback button with a green border printed with a color image of a roaring tiger's head over a bicycle spoke and tire pattern with the caption "Stoddard Mfg. Co./ Dayton, Ohio". One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4015
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a color image of a roaring tiger's head over a bicycle spoke and tire pattern with the caption "Stoddard Mfg. Co./ Dayton, Ohio". One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4014
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a yellow letter "W" over a bicycle spoke and tire pattern encircled by the words "White./ White Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, O." In the early 1900's, White Sewing also marketed such diverse products as bicycles, roller skates, phonographs, kerosene lamps, automatic lathes and screw machines, as well as sewing accessories. One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4013
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button with a red letter "W" over a bicycle spoke and tire pattern encircled by the words "The Winton Is A Winner/ Cleveland, O." One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4012
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button with a color print of a woman's face over a bicycle spoke and tire pattern encircled by the words "Iver Johnson/ Cycles".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4011
Gallery Label:
Iver Johnson was a major bicycle and firearms manufacturer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The illustration on this promotional button depicts a "new woman" arising through a spoked bicycle wheel.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1896-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with an eagle on a shield marked "National", over a bicycle spoke pattern encircled by the words "A National Rider Never Changes His Mount/ National Cycle Manufacturing Co./ Bay City, Mich." One of an extensive collection of bicycle themed buttons, studs, stick pins and pendants, 2002.1.3948 through 2002.1.4038
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4010
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
52635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.













