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Title: Improvement Mortgage
Date: 1917-05-01

Title: List of Masters, Mates, Pilots, and Engineers of Merchant Steam, Motor, and Sail Vessels 1911
Date: 1912
Description: Record of masters, mates, pilots, and engineers of merchant steam, motor, and sail vessels kept by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service in 1911.

Title: List of Masters, Mates, Pilots, and Engineers of Merchant Steam, Motor, and Sail Vessels 1910
Date: 1911
Description: Record of masters, mates, pilots, and engineers of merchant steam, motor, and sail vessels kept by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service in 1909.

Title: History of the Union Pacific Railroad - for 50th Anniversary of the Golden Spike, 1919
Date: 1919, 1919

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: 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: Member Roosevelt Memorial Ass'n Button
Date: 1919
Description: 5/8-inch round pin back button with black text on white background. Button back has paper label on reverse for St. Louis Button Co., St Louis and Allied Printing Trades Council, St. Louis.

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.

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