Make a Union Button

Make a Union Button Self Referential Button Museum
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Self Referential
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Chicago
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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