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Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript

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Campaign button: Willkie or Bust
Campaign button: Thanksgiving Day Nov 5
Campaign button: Carry on with Roosevelt
Campaign button: London GOP Knox
Campaign button: Landon GOP Knox
Campaign button: Roosevelt
Button: Willkie for President
Button: Willkie for President
Button: We The People Need Willkie
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Victory La
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Landon GOP
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Landon GOP
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Landon GOP
Campaign button: Image of Roosevelt F.D.R.
Collection of Campaign buttons: Image of Roosevelt
Ribbons
ca.1844
Badge
Pendant
Ribbon
Ribbon
Ribbon
Badge
Badge
ca. 1990
Badge in case
Pin and badge
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin
ca. 1900
Ribbon
ca. 1889
Button
Button
Ribbon w/medal: Republic Francaise 1914-1917
Ribbon w/medal & pin in box: Rebublique Francaise 1870
Pin w/ribbon & medal in box: Office National du Tourisme
Ribbon with mount
ca. 1887
William Pitt Medal
ca. 1766
Badge
Badge
Badge
Button
Button
1860-1870
Badge
Pin: Rock Island
ca. 1910
Pin: Woman's Roosevelt ...Service
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Campaign button: Marchi
Campaign button: Win with Wagner
Pin: American Insitute...
sword%
Pin
Button
Pin
Button
1880-1900
Pin: 2 year
Pin: 3 year
Willkie and McNary
Button: Willkie and McNary
Button: Willkie
Button: Willkie
Button: Willkie
Campaign button: Roosevelt
Campaign button: We want FDR Again
Button
1920
Pin: Elephent figurine
Pin
Golf ball
Coolidge and Dawes
Button
1924
Campaign Button: For President Theodore Roosevelt
Campaign Button: Roosevelt Wallace
Campaign Button: Roosevelt Wallace
Campaign Button: Roosevelt Wallace
Campaign Button: Roosevelt Wallace
Campaign Button: Roosevelt Wallace
Campaign Button: We Want FDR Again
Campaign Button: Image of Teddy Roosevelt
Campaign Button w/ribbon: Republican Committee man ...
Campaign Button: Image of Teddy Roosevelt and unidentified..
Badge w/flag & ribbon:
Campaign Button: Roosevelt
Campaign Button: Image of Teddy Roosevelt
Tag w/string: Westchester County's John Sells 1915
1915
Ribbon w/button: Kings...W.H. Swartout for trustee
Badge: annual inspection & parade S.F.D. Somerville NJ 1911
1911
Badge pin: first assistant
1892-1920
Collection of 2 pins: Firemen insignia
1894-1896
Badge
Button
Pin: U.S. insignia
1910-1919
Pin: tank insignia
Button: Willkie for President
Sword belt w/slings;A.D.
1852-1870
Pin: Ten Years Long and Faithful Service
Ribbon
1800-1900
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge in box
Ribbon
ca. 1911
Pin: Crdedre Obbedite...
Badge
Badge
Pin w/tag: medal of Honor Legion
Badge
Badge
Willkie
Button: F D R
Button: Republicans and Democrats for Willkie
Button: No Third Term
Button: No Third Term
Button: No Third Term
Button: No Third Term
Button: We Want Willkie
Wings for America
Button: No Third Term...
Button: Willkie
Button: For President Wendell L. Willkie
Vote Willkie Prosperity
1940
Pin
Button: Roosevelt? No No 1000 Times No
Button: Roosevelt? No No 1000 Times No
Button: Learn to say
Button: No Royal Family
Button: Dictator? Not For Us
Button: Boy! Do We Need A Change
Button
1904
Metal tag
Button
1904
Campaign button/pin: Willkie for me
Campaign Button: Willkie and McNasy
Campaign button: I am a Willkie Democrat
Campaign button: I'll Bet My ... On Wilkie
Campaign button: Roosevelt for Ex-President
Campaign button: Guard Our Peace
Campaign button: No More Fireside Chats
Roosevelt and Relief Wilkie and Work
Campaign button: Wilkie Waker
Campaign button: The Last Act
Campaign button: Roosevelt
Campaign button: My Friends - Goodbye
Collection of campaign buttons: I'll Bet My ... On Willkie
Button
1940
Campaign button:Wilkie For Pres. At Commonwealth & Southern
The American Way With Willkie
Campaign button:Papa
Campaign button:Papa
Campaign button:Papa
Pin: In Hoc Signo Vinces
Badge
Star badge: John S. Ellis from Templer Lodge...July 17, 1858
Pendant
Badge
Raincoat
ca. 1940
Button
Button
Button: Elect Morris
LaFollette for President
Pin: Roosevelt Memorial Assn.
Lapel button: Dewey Bricker
Button
Badge
Ribbon fragment: badge bar
ca. 1900
Lapel button: F.D.R.
Button: Lehaman for Senator
Button
Pin: Oval with center piece missing
Badge
Pin: Rockerfeller for Governor
Pin with ribbon: male portrait
Badge
Badge
Badge: Delegate 30 Annual ...
ca.1902
Badge w/document
9 badges w/document in case
Badge in Box
Campaign buttons collection: Wilkie For President
Campaign buttons collection: Wilkie For President
Campaign button: Wilkie
Badge: N.Y.F.D. 47
1890-1930
Badge in Case
Badge in Case
Campaign ribbon
1901
Envelope
Badge w/pin
Badge on card
Envelope
Pin on Docu w/tag:Fasimile of the Lafayette Button 1923
Medal
1864
Medal: Fort Sumter 1863
1863
Badge
Button
ca. 1932-1944
Button: No Royal Family
Button: We Don't Want Eleanor Either
Button: We Don't Want Eleanor Either
Button: We Don't Want Eleanor Either
Button: No Third Term
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Button: Roosevelt For Ex...
Button: My Son Is Not A Captain
Button: We Women Want Willkie
Wendell Will For Prosperity
Button: Roosevelt No More...
Button: We Women Want Willkie
Button: No Crown For Franklin
Button: photo: Our Next President...
Button: Eleanor Start Packing...
Button: Our Next President...Willkie
Button
1940
No Franklin The First
Button: I like Ike
Ike One good term deserves another
Pin on card: Ike
Win With Willkie
Campaign button: Win With Willkie
Campaign button: Roosevelt For Ex-President
Campaign button: Willkie
Every buddy U.S for Willkie
Campaign button: Willkie and McNary
Red lapel button on paper
Button
Button
Button: Grant Monument...April 27, 1897
Button
Button
Button
ca. 1896
Button
Buttons and pins
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button: United Behind the President
Button
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Button
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Button
Button
Button
Button
Medal
Badge: N.Y.F.D. 47
1890-1930
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Medal
ca. 1904
Ribbon fragment: badge bar
ca. 1900
Fan
1870-1900
Button: Stevenson, Kefauver, Wagner
Button: Ike and Dick
Button: Stevenson 1960
Button: Ike in '56
Button: Stevenson, Kefauver
Button: Ike/Dick
Button: Wagner, U.S. Senate
Button: Javits...
Button: Javits...
We like Ike
Collection of buttons: Ike and Dick
Demorcrats for Dwight D. Eisenhower
Button
1952
Button: I like Ike
Ike likes Me
J'aime Ike
Button: J'aime Ike
Buttons
Campaign button: Willkie and McNary
Campaign button: Willkie and McNary
Campaign button: Willkie and McNary
Campaign button: No Third Term
Campaign button: Willkie
We The People Need Willkie
Campaign button: Willkie
Campaign button: Wilkie For President
Campaign button: Willkie For President
Campaign button: Willkie For President
Campaign button: Willkie For President
Campaign button: Willkie For President
Badge
1889
Badge
1889
Button
Button
Button
Pin: Roosevelt Memorial Assn.
Button
Badge with photo
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Button w/ribbon
Pins
Medal
ca. 1895
Badge
Badge
Document
Ribbon
1888
Ribbon
1888
Ribbon
1883
Ribbon
ca. 1884
Ribbon
ca. 1888
Shoulder patch
1940-1950
Shoulder patch
1940-1950
Button: Rockefeller Keating
Badge
Medal
ca. 1914
Pin:
Pin in box: American Red Cross...
Badge w/tag
Badge w/tag
Club pin
1878
Button
Badge
Pin: Third Panel Sheriff Jury 1915
Pin: eagle w/flag
Badge
Ribbon: With Malice Towards None...
Badge
Badge
Pin:American Flag
Collection of buttons in envelope: Nixon 1968
Envelope
Button: Together w/McGovern
Veterans for McGovern
1972
Republicans for McGovern
1972
Button: Viva McGovern/Shriver
ca. 1972
Button
1972
Collection of buttons: 1st time voter for McGovern
Collection of buttons: McGovern/Shriver
Collection of buttons: McGovern
Collection of buttons: McGovern
Collection of buttons: McGovern/Shriver
Collection of campaign buttons in envelope: Rockefeller
Badge
Badge
Badge
1889
Badge
1889
Badge
1889
Pins and ribbon
ca. 1946
Pins and ribbon
1946
buttons, badges, souvenir
Plaque in case: Simon Bolivar
Badge
Badge in case
Badge in case
Ribbon in case: Order of Isabella of Spain
Badge in case
1870-1950
Badge in case
1808-1900
Citizens for Rockefeller
ca. 1959
Nelson Rockefeller for Governor
1959-1973
Collection of political buttons and tokens
Button: I Like Ike
Ribbon
ca. 1886
Ribbon
After 1848
Badge
Ribbon with pin: red, white and blue
Pin: U.S.M.A. Duty, Honor, Country
ca. 1930
3 political buttons: Stevenson
Ribbon
ca. 1863
Ribbon: Red, white and blue
Button with ribbon: Gen. Eisenhower
Cradle W/mattress
1920-1940
6 political buttons: Halley...Robinson
6 buttons, 1 pin: Liberty Loan, Victory, Wilkie
Collection of political buttons: Elect Riegelman Mayor
Pin-back buttons (3)
ca. 1960
Pin-back campaign button
1896
3 lapel buttons
Document
Envelope
Document
Badge
Button
ca. 1950
Button: w/photograghs of Pres.Mckinley and his cabinet 1900
Button
Button
Button
ca. 1900
Button: Barton for US Senator
Button
Button
Button
Pin: eagle on canon, oval shaped
Button
Badge
Button
Button: Simpson to Congress
Button
Button: Kendll for Congressman
Button: Palmer and Buckner
Envelope
Badge
Badge in case
Button
Button
Badge in case
Badge in case
Badge
Badge in box
Badge in box
Badge in box
Badge in box
Pin: flag,HF
Badge
Badge: (2)
Badge
Badge (2)
Badge: (2)
Badge
Badge
Button
Badges (2)
Badge
Badge in case
1850-1930
Pin: nut cross section
ca. 1861
Badge in case
Badge in case
Badge case
Badge & plaque in case
Badge case w/document
Badge in case
Ribbon in case: Greece, Order of the Redeemer
Plaque in case: Royal Order George I (Greece)
Badge in case
Badge in case
Badge & plaque in case
Sash w/badge & plaque in case:Portugal,Grand Cross of the...
Plaque in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
early 20th Century
Sash w/badge in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
Sash w/badge in case:Grand Cross, Order of Isabel the ...
Ribbon
ca. 1872
Badge in case
Badge w/compass
Badge
Button
Badge
late 19th century
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Medal
ca. 1899
Badge
Badge
Envelope
ca. 1909
Ribbon pin
ca. 1909
Badge
Badge
Buttons and pins (23)
Button
Button: Vote for Philip Morris
Button: Geo.B McClellan for Mayor
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button: Vote La Guardia
Button
Badge
Badge
Badge
Medal: State of N.Y.
Badge
Badge
Badge
Medal: 12th Regiment
Badge w/tag
Badge
Pin w/tag: Armory Sharp Shooter
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Pin: Hudson-Fulton
Badge
Badge
Badge
Campaign button: We Want Willkie
Campaign buttons collection: Dewey -Warren
Campaign buttons collection: I like Ike & Dick
Campaign button collection: FDR
Lapel tabs (3)
1956
Campaign tokens: Dewey - Warren
Campaign buttons: Dewey
Campaign button: Vote for Ike
FDR
Campaign button: Ike and Nixon
Campaign button: ...Willkie
Campaign button: JAVITS

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