Political & Americana Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1930's - 1940's "VOTE INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM" celluloid badge promoting the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) over the AFL as both union federations were in...

ARTIFACT: Wonderfully historic club from the Lawrence Textile Strike commonly referred to as the "Bread and Roses" strike, which began on January 12, 1912 and lasted through a brutally cold winter...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1890s "Reward of Genius" medal made by C. G. Braxmar of New York. It was presented by an unscrupulous Washington, D.C. patent attorney, John Wedderburn & Company...

ARTIFACT: Scarce circa 1935 – 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal Resettlement Administration Land Utilization agent badge. The Resettlement Administration oversaw the relocation of struggling...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1990s Hughes Network Systems bronze table medal of Washington, D.C. The front of the medal shows a bust of Washington, the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Building, as well as...

ARTIFACT: Great 1976 Indy 500 pit pass/badge on original issue card. The badge shows a can of Valvoline Motor Oil in the center beside a race car with the year "1976" above. The top of the badge...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s painted tin advertising pin for the American Oil Company (AMOCO), a company started in 192The non-descript man pictured on the pin urges the reader to join the "Join...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid advertising pin for Aunt Jemima’s pancake flour mix. The pin shows Aunt Jemima herself proudly proclaiming, “I’SE IN TOWN HONEY!” VINTAGE: Circa 1900. ...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1896 McKinley and Hobart jugate lapel stud by W.H. Kaskell. The pin depicts photographic busts of McKinley and Hobart in black detail and surrounding them reads: "MCKINLEY AND...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1970's or early 1980's, large 'No Nukes' celluloid badge. The center of the badge shows a white mushroom cloud that is surrounded by a red circle with a diagonal line through...

ARTIFACT: Large, beautiful, and rare November 6th, 1971 New York City Peace March/Rally celluloid badge sponsored by the National Peace Action Coalition (NAPC) and was reportedly produced for Gays...

ARTIFACT: This is a near mint 1950s political poster of Dwight D. Ike" Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States. The poster is a great image of a youngish Ike sometime before or around the...