Button
Classification:
Date:
1999
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm )
Description:
Pin-back union button; inscribed "I'LL BE/THERE./CITY HALL RALLY/MAY 12TH, 1999/UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS"
Credit Line:
Gift of Marilyn and Luther Carpenter
Object Number:
2002.53.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1999
eMuseum Object ID:
47327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button; depicts the bust of General Lee with an eagle above; the American flag on the right border; Cuban flag on the left border and the inscription "GENERAL LEE"; reverse printed on paper "WM. F. MILLER & CO.,/23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY./W. & H. CO. PATENTS/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Object Number:
Z.2730.60
Gallery Label:
Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) was a Major General during the Spanish-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
47324
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 1 in. ( 2.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Metal stick pin; red, white and blue striped flag with stars and the inscription "FITZ/HUGH/LEE"
Object Number:
Z.2730.61
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
47323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal button with pin back; depicts the bust of Theodore Roosevelt with an American flag border and the inscription "LIEUT.- COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT"; reverse inscribed on paper "WM. F. MILLER & CO.,/23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY./W. & H. CO. PATENTS/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Object Number:
Z.2730.68
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1903
eMuseum Object ID:
47321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal button with pin back; depicts the bust of Major-General Shafter with an American flag border and the inscription "MAJOR-GENERAL SHAFTER"; reverse inscribed on paper "WM. F. MILLER & CO.,/23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY./W. & H. CO PATENTS/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Object Number:
Z.2730.59
Gallery Label:
William Rufus Shafter commanded the force against Santiago de Cuba.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
47320
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal button with pin back; depicts the bust of Major-General Miles with an American flag border and the inscription "MAJOR-GENERAL MILES"; reverse inscribed on paper with "WM. F. MILLER & CO.,/23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY./W. & H. CO. PATENTS/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Object Number:
Z.2730.57
Gallery Label:
Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925) led the invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
47319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tammany Delegate Badge
Classification:
Date:
1904
Medium:
Metal, textile, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 10.2 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Mixed media badge consisting of ornate rectangular metal pin-back bar inscribed "DELEGATE"; below attached is dark blue silk ribbon imprinted in silver "TAMMANY"; circular plastic button with colored lithograph depicting Native American suspended from ribbon by two metal loops; button inscribed in black "SARATOGA, SEPT. 20, 1904". Paper label with manufacturer's name attached at reverse of ribbon.
Object Number:
Z.2336
Marks:
Inscription: paper label at reverse of ribbon, imprinted in black: "FROM/METROPOLITAN/EQUIPMENT CO./124 E. 14th Street/NEW YORK"
Inscription: reverse of button, at center: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./NEWARK, N. J./PAT. APPLIED FOR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
47291
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge in bag
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Brass decorative sheriff badge; eagle at top of badge holding a banner inscribed with rhinestones "HUGH J. GRANT"; at center the New York City emblem encircled by inscription with rhinestones "SHERIFF/NEW YORK"; inscriptions on blue background; reverse inscribed "PRESENTED TO/SHERIFF/HUGH J. GRANT/BY HIS FRIENDS OF THE /19 ASSEMBLY DIST/JANUARY 1ST 1886"
Object Number:
INV.12831
Gallery Label:
Hugh J. Grant (1852-1910), with the backing of Tammany Hall, was elected mayor of New York City in 1888 and was reelected in 1890. He did not seek reelection in 1892 but sought it again in 1894 and was defeated. Prior to his position as Mayor of NYC he was elected sheriff of New York County in 1885.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
47290
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Pin-back campaign button; inscribed "IN 1952/TRUMAN/FOR/EX-PRESIDENT"
Object Number:
Z.3344
Gallery Label:
Harry Truman served as president in 1948 but did not run for re-election in 1952.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
47289
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal button with pin back; depicts the bust of George W. Dewey with an American flag border and the inscription "COMMODORE DEWEY, HERO OF MANILA"; reverse inscribed on paper with "WM. F. MILLER & CO.,/23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY./W. & H. CO. PATENTS/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Object Number:
Z.2730.69
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
47276
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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