“BOY OF THE STREETS” DEPRESSION ERA MOVIE BUTTON FROM HAKE COLLECTION & CPB.
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Auction #200 - Part II
Item numbers 1187 through 2776 in auction 200
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Item Description
1.25” without backpaper but with name of maker on curl Philadelphia Badge. Blue bkg. was probably once just a little darker and extreme upper edge has slightest trace of a couple faint age dots but piece still displays Exc. This was a 1937 movie from “Monogram Picture” and button shows its star “Jackie Cooper” who portrayed a tough street kid using gang violence to break into corrupt city politics. Hake book Collectible Pin-Back Buttons photo example Movies section #748. Also see Universal movie button on Franklin Roosevelt #249 and book on Depression Era boy and girl tramps, #64. Comes with Hake’s COA.
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