Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.4186
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "West Virginia", with a stone marked "June 20, 1863 flanked by a farmer with a plow and a miner with a pick over a banner in Latin "Montani Semper Liberi". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. 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.
