RARE "HERBERT HOOVER" STANFORD CALIFORNIA "NOTIFICATION CEREMONY" PRESS BADGE.
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Winning Bid:
$1,687.40
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
8.25" long. 2.25" dia. button w/"Moise Klinkner Co. Badge Makers 369 Market St. S.F. Cal." back paper. The 6" long ribbon is attached under the collet on reverse and has a "San Francisco 3" union bug at bottom center. Ribbon was issued to a press photographer featuring "Camera" vertically at center and "Stanford Stadium Aug. 11, 1928" below. Tiny hole just above the "T" in "Notification" at top of ribbon. Otherwise only scattered minor creases from light use. VF. Button has scattered air marks visible only in reflected light. Exc. The only example we've seen in our 53 years. The event was the first such ceremony on the West coast and drew an estimated 75,000 people. John Pendergrass Collection.
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