I'm the Guy That Put the Con in Congress

I'm the Guy That Put the Con in Congress Advertising Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Humorous
Additional Images
I'm the Guy That Put the Con in Congress button back Advertising Button Museum
Sub Categories
Cigarettes
Illustrations
Rube Goldberg
I'm the Guy
Text on Button I'M THE GUY THAT PUT THE CON IN CONGRESS
Image Description

Con man centered in black text over white background. 
Back Paper / Back Info

Quality Tokio Cigarette Factory No 649 1st DIST. NEW YORK THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG 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

Illustrator Rube Goldberg was born in San Francisco, California and moved to New York City around 1907. The phrase "I'm the guy who" was a trademark expression of Goldberg. He coined it around 1910.  He was well known cartoonist and created "Mike and Ike" and "Boob McNutt" among many other strips.  Later in life, Goldberg help found the National Cartoonist Society (1946) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize (1948) for his political cartoons.
Sources

Rube Goldberg. (2012, June 14). lambiek.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014, from http://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goldberg_r.htm.
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