PROHIBITION FOUR EARLY LOCAL CANDIDATE BUTTONS PLUS TWO c.1950.
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Auction #211 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1196 in auction 211
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Item Description
Sizes are 7/8" to 1.5". First two items are each 7/8" both with W&H paper and with second suspending a 2" die-cut celluloid key. First button from 1902 pictures "Manierre & Hartman." Reverse collet has oxidation and back paper has two tiny holes but celluloid remains clean. Second reads "Prohibition Party/John McKee/For Governor New York State 1904." Ring suspends celluloid with front text "For Governor State Of New York 1904 Prohibition Party" with reverse reading "After Reconstruction The Next Great Question Will Be The Overthrow Of The Liquor Traffic/A. Lincoln On April 14, 1865/The Key To The Situation (Over)." This piece is NM displaying Mint. Next is 1.25" with heavy rim stain and with aged but easily read W&H paper. Great design of eagle with the candidate's picture at center and with eagle's talons holding a snake labeled "Liquor Traffic." Rest of text is "For Congress John E. Gill/Prohibition Party." He was a 1904 candidate from the Pennsylvania 28th district. Still has full gloss. Next is 7/8" picturing 1918 candidate Percival W. Clement who was elected Governor of Vermont. Top of the button reads "License-Local Option." Lightly spotted. This button would actually be from earlier in his career as it has a W&H back paper used 1912 and earlier. Last are a pair of identical buttons with graphic of eagle attacking snake who has wrapped itself around a naked man. Text reads "The Liquor Traffic Must Die." While this design is from the early 1900s we believe the buttons themselves are c.1950 and were probably used as an official issue of the Prohibition Party around that time. Both of these are Mint.
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