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Title: American Labor Party Button
Date: 1917-02-13, 1917-02-13
Description: 7/8-inch pin back button in white with black and white portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Along the outer edge is small text reading "AMERICAN LABOR PARTY". Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Roosevelt Agricultural Committee Button
Date: 1917-02-13, 1917-02-13
Description: 7/8-inch pin back button in blue with a yellow image of an ear of corn in the center. Yellow text reads, "Roosevelt Agricultural Committee." Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Roosevelt on Red Button
Date: 1917, 1917
Description: 7/8-inch, red, pin back button featuring monochromatic blue portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Below is a white stripe surrounding blue text reading "Roosevelt". Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Roosevelt Regan Repeal Button
Date: 1917-02-13, 1917-02-13
Description: 1/2-inch, red, pin back button with a white circle in the middle and text that reads "Roosevelt Regan Repeal." Reverse has label for Green Duck Compnay (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Democratic National Convention 1916 - Messenger Ribbon
Date: 1916
Description: Ribbon with ribbon badge reading "Messenger". The medal hanging from the ribbon has an oval image of the Missouri state capital building surrounded by the words "Democratic National Convention St. Louis." Beneath the image is the American eagle standing on a shield flanked by laurel branches.

Title: Big Stars and Stripes Roosevelt Button
Date: 1917-02-13, 1917-02-13
Description: 1/2-inch pin back button. The top third of the button is dark blue with three small white stars along the top edge. Across the center is black text reading "ROOSEVELT". Below are five vertical red stripes on a white background.

Title: FDR Button
Description: 7-8-inch red pin with blue text reading "FDR" surrounded by a white circle. Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Just Roosevelt Button
Description: 7/8-inch, red button featuring a silhouette of rooster and reads, "Just Roosevelt" in blye text. Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Taft Watch Fob
Date: 1912
Description: Metal watch fob with four separate two-sided medals linked by rings, each with an embossed image and/or text. The medal closest to the clasp features an image of crossed American flags on one side, and an image of an elephant with the letters "G.O.P." on the reverse. The second medal has text reading "Look at the doughnut not the hole" and "Compliments of Judge Co. Copyrighted Judge Co. 1908" arched around a depressed doughnut shape; text within the doughnut reads "BIG CROPS Great Natural Resources" and text inside the doughnut's hole reads "Business Depression". The reverse of this medal depicts a row of soldiers with text reading "Regular army should be increased". The third medal has an image of a battleship at sea with text reading "Upbuilding of Navy must be continued"; the reverse depicts former president Theodore Roosevelt in military uniform playing a drum with text reading "Use T.R.'s nerve tonic for business troubles". The fourth medal features on both sides a low-relief image of presidential candidate William Howard Taft with text above reading "For President" flanked by three stars to the left and right.

Title: Democratic National Convention 1916 - Messenger Ticket
Date: 1916
Description: Admission ticket reading "Messenger Democratic National Convention." The ticket has a place to fill in the recipient's name, as well as a depiction of former President Thomas Jefferson. The opposite side of the ticket shows a sketched image of King Louis IX, namesake of Saint Louis, on horseback.

Title: Where All Men Are Equal Cartoon
Date: 1911
Description: Political cartoon from "Harper's Weekly" depicting men dressed in various types of clothing, denoting wealth and status, all standing in line at a "polling place". Below the cartoon "Where All Men Are Equal, Drawn by Hanson Booth" is printed. "Hanson Booth" is also signed at the bottom of the cartoon.

Title: Progressive Party, Roosevelt/Johnson Certificate
Date: 1912
Description: Receipt for a one dollar contribution to the campaign fund of the Progressive Party. The receipt also serves as a "Charter Membership Certificate." Photographic images of presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt and vice presidential candidate Hiram W. Johnson are found on the receipt, as well as the words "Pass Prosperity Around." The opposite side of the receipt has an image of a bull moose, the political symbol of the Progressive Party, along with two quotes, one from Roosevelt and one from Johnson.

Title: Roosevelt 1912 Button
Date: 1912
Description: 6/8-inch round, pin back button with with text on navy blue background. Button has paper back label on reverse for the Ohio Badge Company, Columbus and Allied Printing Trades Council, Columbus.

Title: Wilson/Marshall Button
Date: 1916
Description: White button with red text reading "Wilson Marshall." The button references presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson and vice presidential candidate Thomas R. Marshall. One 's' is shared between 'Wilson' and 'Marshall', connecting the two names. Prominent union label for Allied Printing Trades Council, Chicago (232).

Title: Progressive Moose Button
Date: 1912
Description: 7/8-inch round, pin back button with profile of a moose head in yellow on a dark blue background.

Title: Woodrow Wilson Button
Date: 1916
Description: Button with photographic portrait of presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson with a narrow border of white stars on a blue ground and red and white stripes surrounding the image. A metal, decorative border surrounds the button.

Title: Back Up; You've Batted Twice Card
Date: 1916
Description: A cartoon portrays Uncle Sam serving as referee and instructing a stylized Theodore Roosevelt to step away and allow a stylized Taft to take bat in a baseball game. Text beside Uncle Sam reads "Back up; you've batted twice".

Title: Democratic National Convention 1916 - Guest's Ticket
Date: 1916-06-14
Description: Admission ticket reading "1916 Democratic National Convention Guest's Ticket." Sketched images of the United States Captiol Building and the Saint Louis, Missouri riverfront and bridges are shown flanking a sketch of former President Thomas Jefferson. On the opposite side of the ticket is a sketched image of King Louis IX, namesake of Saint Louis, on horseback.

Title: Charles E. Hughes for Governor Button
Date: 1906
Description: 7/8-inch, white, pin back button featuring black and white portrait of Charles E. Hughes and which reads, "For Governor, Charles E. Hughes" written across the top. Button used for Hughes' 1906 gubernatorial campaign in New York. Reverse has paperback label for Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)

Title: Hughes Red, White, and Blue Button
Date: 1916
Description: 13/16-inch, red, white, and blue, pin back button which reads, "Hughes" in blue lettering for Charles E. Hughes 1916 Presidential campaign. Reverse has paperback label for Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)

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