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 competition of members between the 1930's and 1956 during their...

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 ending March 12th of that same year. The strike...

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. A medallion with a scalloped border hangs from a...

ARTIFACT: Scarce circa 1935 – 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal Resettlement Administration Land Utilization agent badge. The Resettlement Administration oversaw the relocation of struggling families, both in rural regions and urban areas. The families...

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 other landmarks. VINTAGE: Circa 1990s...

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 reads: "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY"...

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 the American Party". It dates from the 1940s:...

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. SIZE: 7/8” diameter...

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 HOBART". The reverse of the stud reads: "W.H...

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 the center. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's...

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 United Against The War, although we have found no...

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 start of his two-term tenure in 1953...