The James T. Staples was built at Mobile, Alabama in 1908 by Captain Norman Staples; her net and gross tonnage was 365. Her high pressure machinery was rated as 800 horse power. The wooden hull was 200 by 40 by 5.1 feet and she carried a crew of 41. She was a handsome steamboat which ran on te Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers. On January 9, 1913 she exploded her boilers and was partially wrecked near
; depth of hold, 5 1/2 feet. She had four boilers (2 flues each), 42 inches in diameter and 26 feet long. Her engines included the cylinders, 18 inches in diameter with a 7 foot stroke. Her wheel was 22 1/2 feet in diameter with 29 foot buckets. Later she was sold to the Red River Line and Captain W. T. Scovell became her master. She was dismantled in 1893 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Howards and
framework of the boat was completely demolished and many of her passengers and crew were killed. The accident occurred about 10:30 P.M. The Dictator was a short distance behind the Missouri when the explosion occurred, and came alongside to give every possible assistance. She took off the dead and wounded. At least 100 persons were killed, of whom some 20 were cabin passengers, and the rest were about
1/2-inch pin back button with monochromatic blue portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Along the outer top edge is a red stripe with white text reading "CARRY ON WITH". Along the bottom edge is a blue stripe with white text reading "ROOSEVELT". Label for Bastian Brothers (Rochester, N.Y.) is written on the outer rim of the button.
1/2-inch pin back button featuring a black and white portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt centered on a white background. Black text arched along the outer edge reads "A GALLANT LEADER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT". Reverse has label for Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.)
7/8-inch, blue, pin back button with a white circle in the center. Arched within the outer blue circle is white text reading "THE CONSTITUTIONALISTS". Within the inner white circle is red text reading "NO THIRD TERM". Button has label for Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.)
7/8-inch pin back button. Large red text on a white background in the center reads "FDR". A blue circle borders the outer edge of the button. Horizontally bisecting the button, layered over the red text, is a blue stripe with white text reading "CARRY ON". Button has label for Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.)
7/8-inch pin back button. At the top is a red stripe with white text reading "FOR". At the bottom is a blue stripe with white text reading "HUMANITY". Centered on a white background is black text reading "ROOSEVELT". Reverse has label for The Amalgamated Lithographers of America (New York, N.Y.)
7/8-inch round, pin back button with red, white and blue stripes dividing it into thirds and "TAFT" written in blue over the center white stripe. Button has paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council, Newark and Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark.
White ruler measuring 6 inches/15 cm. In the center is red text reading "Rockefeller for President, He Measures Up". On the reverse is the calendar for 1964. The ruler was produced by "N.G. Slater Corp" of New York City.
1 and 1/4-inch round, pin back button with black and white jugate portraits of William H. Taft and James S. Sherman. Each portrait is labeled over the bottom with text reading "Taft" and "Sherman", respectively. The portraits are framed by gold ovals with scrolls at the top and bottom and a flag-motif shield at the top center. Button has a paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council
6/8-inch round, pin back button with image of two hands shaking over a red and green global map of the Americas. The rim of the button is red with white text that reads, "Socialist Party, Workers of the World Unite". Button has paper label on reverse for Allied Printing Trades Council, Newark and Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark.
111/2-inch by 4 1/2-inch catalog for jewelry items promoting Nixon's campaign. Thirteen gold jewelry and accessory items are pictured on a light blue background, including a ballpoint pen, charms in the shape of the United States of America, a tie bar, and lapel pins, all with the word "NIXON" incorporated. Each is labeled with an item number and name, its price, and minimum order quantity
7/8-inch round, pin back button with sepia portrait of William Randolph Heart with the words, "For Governor, William Randolph Hearst" surrounding the portrait. Button has paper label on reverse for Allied Printing (Newark, N.J.) and Whitehead and Hoag (Newark, N.J.)
7/8-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait jugate of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt framed by a golden scroll on a dark blue background. Button has paper label on reverse for Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark and Allied Printing Trades Council 3, Newark.