BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN 1900 UNION CONVENTION BUTTON RELATED TO EUGENE V. DEBS.
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Auction #233 Part I
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Item Description
1.25" w/W&H back paper. Minor faint light gray dots at extreme outer edge mentioned for extreme accuracy. Otherwise only trivial surface wear in reflected light. Exc. Rarely offered convention button from the group Debs help cultivate, serving as the Associate Editor of Fireman's Magazine until 1894. By 1900 Debs had formed the American Railway Union (ARU) and from its collapse came the Socialist Democratic Party w/Debs the nominee for President in the fall election.
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