Rough and Ready Button

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Title: Rough and Ready Button
Creator(s): Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
Date: 1848
Content Type: button
Subject(s): Elections
Political campaigns
Presidential candidates
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Geographic Area: United States
Time Period: 1840-1849
Description: 5/8-inch round clothing button with figure riding a horse carrying a sword in shallow relief on the domed surface. Figure represents Zachary Taylor who was known as "Old Rough and Ready" for his success in the second Seminole War.
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Classification: RoughAndReady.tif
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