Oh Mamma

Oh Mamma Advertising Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Art
Additional Images
Oh Mamma button back Advertising Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Cigarettes
Rudolph Dirks
Text on Button OH MAMMA!
Image Description

Illustration of a woman with black hair wearing a red shirt with black dots with black text over on a white background
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
The Manufacturer
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
Additional Information

This button was part of a set of 376 known buttons, issued as premiums primarily with Hassan and Tokio cigarettes. They featured cartoons by artists such as as Rube Goldberg, George McManus, Bud Fisher, Hal Hoffman, and others. This one has an illustration by Rudolph Dirks who was known for The Katzenjammer Kids. 
Sources

American Card Catalog "P3" Huge Collection of Cartoonist Cigarette Give-Away Buttons c. 1912.(n.d.). Hakes Auctions. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/90182/AMERICAN-CARD-CATALOG-P3-HUGE-COLLECTION-OF-CARTOONIST-CIGARETTE-GIVE-AWAY-BUTTONS-c1912

 
Catalog ID AD0808