Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Button
Object Number:
INV.6950
Date:
1928
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pin-back campaign button; depicts image of Al Smith; inscribed "AL SMITH/GAVE US SUNDAY MOVIES"; reverse inscribed "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./BUTTONS/BADGES/NOVELTIES/AND SIGNS/NEWARK, N.J."
Gallery Label:
Al Smith ran in the presidential election of 1928 but lost to Herbert Hoover.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
