RUA Buffalo

Rua Buffalo Art Events Button Museum
Category: 
Event
Art
Additional Images: 
Rua Buffalo button back Art Events Button Museum
Sub Categories: 
Illustrations
Animals
Text on Button: 
RUA U. BET YOUR
Image Description: 

White text and an illustration of a buffalo and of a donkey on a brown background. 

Back Paper / Back Info: 

SHEPHERD Photo Co. BUTTONS ST. PAUL MINN.

Back Style: 
Locking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made: 
1901
The Manufacturer: 
Shepherd Photo Company
Additional Information: 

This button is most likely related to the 1901 Pan-American World Fair Exposition held in Buffalo, New York. The exposition was from May 1 through November 2, 1901. It was intended to showcase trends, developments and innovations of the time.

"RUA Buffalo (picture of a buffalo) U Can (picture of an oil can) Bet Your (picture of an urn) Ass (picture of a donkey) I am" was used on souvenir tokens for the 1901 Pan-American World Fair Exposition in Buffalo, NY. 

Are you a Buffalo? was a phrase used in relation to the exposition. For example:

 

Catalog ID: 
AR0127
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