Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back button
Object Number:
2002.1.1337
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Metal, paper, celluloid
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This lapel button features Outcault's Yellow Kid, the first comic strip,holding a baseball bat; his gown is printed "Im Goin To Pitch Fer De New Yorks Next Year. Watch Us". On the reverse it advertises "High Admiral Cigarettes/ Riley-Klotz M'f'g. Co./ Newark, N.J." and lists patent dates of 1894 and 1896. Small blue number 8 indicates a series.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





