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Lot 959

Sale 1096 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2022
Lots Close
Nov 21, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$688
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[POLITICS]. A group of 24 campaign buttons promoting McKinley, Roosevelt, Bryan, Hughes, Taft, Wilson, Woolley, Metcalf, and Coolidge, incl. jugate examples. 


2 buttons, 1 1/4 in. dia., or smaller, featuring bust portraits of William McKinley, including: "President Wm. McKinley" campaign button (with original back paper). -- Memorial button for McKinley, including his final words, "God's Will, Not Ours, Be Done" (with original back paper).

[With:] Jugate stud featuring William McKinley and Garret Hobart, 3/4 in. dia. (some fading). 

[With:] 6 jugate buttons, 1 1/4 in. or smaller, featuring portraits of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, including: 2 "Full Dinner Bucket" jugates, with slogans, "Employment for Labor," and "Prosperity - Sound Money - Good Markets," including one against a blue background, and one against a brown background, each measuring 1 1/4 in. dia. (each with original back paper). -- "Prosperity at Home / Prestige Abroad" button. -- Button with portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt against a white background, bordered in blue and gold (with original back paper). -- Button with portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt against a patriotic shield (with original back paper). -- "McKinley & Roosevelt" button featuring their portraits against the stars and stripes with gold accents (with original back paper). 

[With:] 2 buttons, 1 14/ in., or smaller, featuring portraits of Theodore Roosevelt (one with original back paper).

[With:] 2 buttons, 1 1/4 in., or smaller, for William Jennings Bryan, including: 1 jugate example showing Bryan with Stevenson (with original back paper). -- 1 button with portrait of Bryan bordered with red, white, and blue ribbon (with original back paper).

[With:] 5 buttons, 1 1/4 in., or smaller, for William Howard Taft, including: 2 jugate examples showing Taft and Sherman (each with original back paper). -- 3 single portraits of Taft, one with slogan "New Hampshire's Choice for 1912," one with slogan "For President Wm. H. Taft," and one with no slogan (one includes original back paper).

[With:] 3 buttons, 7/8 in. or smaller, for Woodrow Wilson, including: 2 jugate examples showing Wilson and Marshall, one with slogan "Vote For [Wilson & Marshall] and America First," and one with the slogan "They Have Kept the Faith America / First We'll Stand by Them" (some toning to buttons, one includes original back paper). -- 1 single portrait of Wilson with slogan "With with Wilson" (original back paper). 

[With:] 1 jugate button promoting Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes, with slogan "Republican X," 7/8 in. dia. (original back paper). -- 1 jugate button promoting Hughes & Fairbanks, 7/8 in. dia. (original back paper). -- 1 jugate button promoting Prohibition Party candidates Woolley & Metcalf, featuring their bust portraits with a patriotic border, 1 1/4 in. dia. (some toning, original back paper). 

Together, 24 buttons. Condition generally good. 


This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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