RARE "362,779 'ILLITERACY IN ALABAMA LET'S REMOVE IT" BUTTON.
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$172.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00:00 PM)
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Item Description
1" by Parisian Nov. Co. c.1916. Produced for a statewide government effort to eradicate illiteracy in Alabama by 1920. "362,779" at top refers to the number of illiterate Alabamians in 1916. Booker T. Washington was a proponent and a button was produced with his portrait. NM displaying Mint.
  
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