Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Museum Collections
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertsing Ephemera
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.4149
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a white flag divided vertically into green, white and red sections, marked in black "Mexico." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current.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 "Between The Acts/ All Tobacco Cigarettes", 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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
