Political & Americana Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1970s anti-war celluloid pin. The pin reads IMPEACH NIXON!. VINTAGE: Circa early 1970s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid-wrapped tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin. MARKINGS: N.G...

ARTIFACT: Great, huge circa 1970 Anti-Vietnam War Peace Protest celluloid badge. The badge is black and white and shows a peace sign at the top and the center reads: "1 – 2 – 3 – 4 W.D.W.Y.F.W." (We Don't Want Your F@$&ing War) and beneath that...

ARTIFACT: Cool circa 1970 Anti-War Peace Pin. The celluloid pin features a blue peace sign with an American flag background. VINTAGE: Circa 1970 SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, steel ATTACHMENT: Straight...

ARTIFACT: Cool, late 1960's Anti-War Protest Pin: "LIGHT UP FOR FREEDOM IN VIET NAM". The pin is red, white, and blue and shows a torch in the center. The edge of the pin shows a small Union stamp. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: 1960's "Stop Persecution of Soviet Jews" celluloid demonstration pin. The pin shows a five-point star with Hebrew lettering in the center and surrounding it reads: "STOP PERSECUTION OF SOVIET JEWS!" and the side of the pin...

ARTIFACT: Powerful 1960's Free Soviet Jews demonstration pin by the student struggle for Soviet Jewry. The black pin shows a red five pointed star with a yellow Star of David in the center behind black bars and surrounding it reads: "FREE SOVIET...