Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back campaign button
Object Number:
654
Date:
1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Metal pin-back campaign button; depicts image of a lunch pail and cup on top with the photo William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt at center; inscribed "EMPLOYMENT/FOR/LABOR/A FULL DINNER BUCKET/PROSPERITY/SOUND MONEY-GOOD MARKETS"
Gallery Label:
William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt ran in the presidential election of 1900.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
