Political & Americana Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1892 framed jacquard woven tapestry depicting Christopher Columbus' sighting of America. The tapestry was designed and made at the Arlington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s room key fob for the Hotel John Marshall, once the largest hotel in Virginia. It opened in Richmond, Virginia in 1929 and took its name from the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. In its day it hosted many movie...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s pro-American lapel pin showing an eagle carrying the message to "BE AMERICAN ONLY". It was made by Philadelphia Badge Company. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in height and ½" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1840s bronze United States medallion showing an eagle above a striped crest that reads HAIL COLUMBIA. This wafer-thin piece was excavated at some point, as is reflected by its fragile condition. It is unknown...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful United States Military national flag dated November 196The flag is in a lightweight nylon suitable for use in tropical climates. VINTAGE: Circa early Vietnam War era. SIZE: Approximately by 58" by 77". CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty Spanish-American War era patriotic clay pipe in the form of Uncle Sam's head. The pipe has not been used. The pipe is entirely white save for a red and blue stripe around Uncle Sam's hat and black paint to denote his eyeballs...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1950's "Prevent Forest Fires" "Keep America Green" vintage poster published by the American Forest Product Industries Corporation. The poster shows a young girl in a blue dress touching an evergreen sapling with a deer in the foreground...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s polling station national flag with 48 stars from the City of Los Angeles. The flag comes with its original storage tube. Some writing on the front of the flag has been painted over: these were instructions on how to hang...

ARTIFACT: Scarce, 1941 New Hampshire State Legislative (General Court) Member Celluloid Badge. The oval badge features the State Seal of New Hampshire in the center and surrounding it reads: "MEMBER 1941 GENERAL COURT" in black detail against a...

ARTIFACT: Important Anti-War Peace Pin from the "March on the Mall" in Washington, D.C. on 4/24/1971 that saw over 200,000 attendees to protest the Vietnam War. The center of the celluloid pin reads: "OUT NOW" and displays a peace...

ARTIFACT: Large, 1970 Anti-War Protest March Pin from the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC). Formed in 1966, the Student Mobilization Committee's goal was demonstrate the opposition of students in both high school and college, to the United States'...

ARTIFACT: This is a novelty political pin for the 1972 presidential election. The pin's slogan suggests that Archie Bunker, star character of the hit television show, "All in the Family" be a candidate. VINTAGE: Circa 1972...