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Make a Union Button Self Referential Button Museum
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Self Referential
Club
Chicago
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Make a Union Button button back Self Referential Button Museum
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Unions
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Button Industry
Text on Button: 
38 Union Labels MAKE A UNION BUTTON ALL THE WAY Geraghty & Co. Chicago, Ill
Image Description: 

Black text on a white background with an outer American flag background

Back Style: 
Locking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
1 1/2 inch
The Manufacturer: 
Geraghty & Co
Additional Information: 

Geraghty & Company was a Chicago-based button manufacturer known for their campaign badges, buttons, and other advertising novelties. The company was founded in 1893 by John J. Geraghty, former mayor of Streator, IL, with Geraghty lauded as a pioneer manufacturer when he opened a  larger button factory at 3035 W. Lake Street in Chicago in 1909. By the early 1920s Geraghty & Co turned its focus to promoting labor organizations and "Buy American Products."

Sources: 

Chicago Tribune. (1929). J. J. Geraghty Funeral Will Be Held Today, p. 24. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

Catalog ID: 
SR0112
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