HENRY WALLACE "CAMPBELL TO CONGRESS ON THE WALLACE TICKET" BUTTONS.
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Winning Bid:
$472.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Each is 1.5". First features portrait of the African American candidate w/slogan below reading "On The Wallace Ticket Independent Progressive Party". Second is slogan button reading "Campbell To Congress" w/union bug at 6 o'clock that appears to read "Chicago" w/"5" at right. Both are Exc. displaying Mint. Rare. Wallace, a major proponent of racial equality, used his 1948 candidacy on the Progressive Party ticket to support a host of African American candidates across the country. Still few buttons must have been produced as these are two of the few we can recall encountering. Ron Koot Collection.
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