Viva Mexico Your Friend Uncle Sam

Viva Mexico Your Friend Uncle Sam Event Button Museum
Category
Event
Additional Images
Viva Mexico Your Friend Uncle Sam button back Event Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Text on Button VIVA MEXICO YOUR FRIEND UNCLE SAM SOUVERNIR 1926 RECUERDO 1926
Image Description

Illustration of Uncle Sam character shaking hands with a mustachioed man wearing a sombrero-style hat, red neckerchief, vest, and a sash bearing the colors of the Mexican flag: green, white and red.  Blue text on a white background.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1926
1920s
Additional Information

The 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition was a public relations event intended to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of America and 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Sadly, the exposition was not a great success. Opening day was rained out and attendance was far below expectation. The fair went into receivership and the assets were auctioned off.
Sources

Hake's - RARE "VIVA MEXICO" SESQUI-CENTENNIAL BUTTON.. Hakes.com. (2020). Retrieved from https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/4601/RARE-VIVA-MEXICO-SESQUI-C….

Sesquicentennial Exposition. En.wikipedia.org. (2020). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesquicentennial_Exposition.
Catalog ID EV0431