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Title: For Humanity, Roosevelt Button
Description: 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.)

Title: Vote Socialist Thomas Maurer Button
Description: 6/8-inch round, pin back button with "VOTE SOCIALIST" across the center in red text on a yellow stripe. Arched yellow text along the top and bottom edges reads "Thomas" and "Maurer". Button has label on reverse for the Socialist Party of America, Chicago, Illinois. James H. Thomas and Norman Maurer were the Socialist Party presidential and vice-presidential candidates in 1928 and 1932.

Title: Young Men's National Whig Convention of Ratification Ribbon
Date: 1844
Description: home in Lexington, Kentucky. The ribbon is dated "Baltimore, May 2d 1844. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto." Clay had been selected as the Whig party candidate for president at the convention in Baltimore on May 1, 1844.

Title: Annual report. International Railways of Central America. 1960-1966
Date: 1960, 1960
Description: Set of Annual Reports for the International Railways of Central America

Title: Democratic National Convention 1956 - Alternate Ribbon
Date: 1956
Description: Red, white, and blue striped ribbon with ribbon badge depicting an American Eagle sitting atop a banner flanked by two American flags. The banner reads "Alternate Democratic National Convention 1956." A medal hanging from the ribbon reads "Chicago" and depicts the skyline of Chicago, Illinois with a large star in the sky. Beneath this image is a balancing scale surrounded by an airplane, train

Title: Remember to Vote in the Missouri Democratic Primary - Hillary Rodham Clinton
Date: 2016
Description: 8 inch by 10 inch white card with a picture of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Below is black text reading "Remember to Vote in the Missouri Democratic Primary - Tuesday, March 15, 2016". Below is a reproduction of Hillary Rodham Clinton's signature. The back is almost completely blank but for a small black outline of a box in the bottom middle with black letters spelling "PAID FOR BY HILLARY

Title: Malt Bitters Puzzle
Description: Puzzle trade card. Front has a drawing of wooded scene with the words "Malt Bitters Puzzle" on top and below the drawing "Find our next President" If flipped upside down, one can see an outline of a face. The reverse has advertising information for malt bitters from the Malt Bitters company located in Boston, Ma.

Title: John Kasich "Dear Friend, Thank You" Postcard
Date: 2016
Description: Blue postcard with red and black text. The front of the postcard is dark blue with a red "K" and three red stripes - the campaign logo of presidential candidate John Kasich. The back of the postcard has message thanking for a donation. At the bottom on the back are the words "PAID FOR BY KASICH FOR AMERICA, WWW.JOHNKASICH.COM".

Title: Hillary for America Sticker
Date: 2016
Description: Strip of two unused 2 1/2 inch round blue stickers, taken from a large roll. In the center is a capital letter "H" with a red arrow making up the crossbar. White text below reads "hillaryclinton.com".

Title: Democratic National Convention 1964 - Delegate Ribbon
Date: 1964
Description: Red, white, and blue striped ribbon with ribbon badge depicting an American eagle sitting atop a banner flanked by two American flags. The banner reads "Delegate Democratic National Convention 1964." A medal hanging from the ribbon reads "Atlantic City" and depicts the facade of Boardwalk Hall. Beneath the image is a large star surrounded by an airplane in flight and a cart from the Atlantic City

Title: Coolidge-Dawes, Full Dinner Pail Button
Date: 1924
Description: White button with red top and blue bottom border, each with white lettering and a sketch of a dinner pail surrounded by the words "Coolidge-Dawes" and "Full Dinner Pail".

Title: Harding and Coolidge Button
Date: 1920
Description: Blue button with white text reading "Harding and Coolidge." Bordering the text are both a thin white stripe and a thicker red stripe on the top and bottom.

Title: St. Louis Courthouse
Description: Miniature drawing of the St. Louis courthouse, pencil on wove paper, not signed or dated, 2 1/4 inches by 2 1/2 inches

Title: Verein card with Christian imagery
Description: Design with central area having indistinct text including the word "Verein" (German for club or charitable organization) in the header, with a border of eleven vignettes of Christian religious subjects including St. George and the dragon, angels, and an alter with cross and prayer book. Pencil and ink on wove paper, unsigned, 4 1/2 inches by 6 6 1/4 inches

Title: Landscape with train, boats, and building
Description: Drawing of large complex of buildings on an isolated hill adjacent to a winding river on the right where two riverboats are visible and on the left a railroad train crosses a flat plain toward the hill. Pencil on wove paper, not signed or dated, 2 3/4 inches by 6 inches

Title: St. Louis Cotton Factory
Description: Drawing of cotton factory complex, pencil on wove paper, not signed or dated, 3 3/4 inches by 6 inches

Title: Workers on railroad car
Date: 1853
Description: Drawing of workers on a railroad flatcar, pencil on wove paper, signed bottom center Paulus Roetter and dated lower right 1853, 2 3/16 inches by 5 1/8 inches

Title: Workers quarrying
Description: Drawing of men striking rocks with picks below a cliff with a jagged tree trunk; two men stand on the cliff. Pencil on wove paper, signed lower right Paulus Roetter, no date, 4 inches by 3 1/4 inches

Title: Sugar refinery and shot tower
Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of St. Louis Steam Sugar Refinery, locatd on Lewis, O'Fallon and Bates Streets, St. Louis, owned by Belcher & Brothers, next to the St. Louis Shot Tower operated by Kennet, Simonds & Co., pencil on wove paper, not signed, c.1854, 3 1/2 inches by 4 3/4 inches

Title: Workers
Description: Drawing of men working in what may be a pig iron processing furnace, pencil on wove paper, unsigned, no date, 4 inches by 3 1/4 inches

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