The Guy That Put The Boss In Boston

The Guy That Put The Boss In Boston Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Humorous
Additional Images
The Guy That Put The Boss In Boston back Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Cigarettes
Illustrations
Rube Goldberg
I'm the Guy
Text on Button I'M THE GUY THAT PUT THE BOSS IN BOSTON
Image Description

White background with black letters and peach and blue colors. Illustration of a chop and mustached man with a small hat and a chin meeting straight up to his neck.
Back Paper / Back Info

Hassan Cigarettes, Factory no 649, 1st District NY, W&H CO, Patented
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1910s
The Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information

Rube Goldberg, the cartoonist responsible for these "I'm the Guy" buttons is more famously known for his illustrations of inventions that were funny and complicated. His name is in the Webster dictionary is defined as "accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply". He was a dedicated cartoonist, doing both political and comical cartoons. Goldberg is also a founding member of the National Cartoonist Society whose Reuben Award is named after his proper name, Rueben.

The popularity of the "I'm the guy..." slogans caught the eye of tobacco marketers. So if you wanted one of these buttons back in the 1910's, you'd have to buy some of their cigarettes. 

There was even an "I'm the guy" song ! 
Catalog ID AD0350