Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PIN

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, ALUMINUM, TIN, PAINT, PLASTIC, COPPER, MOTHER-OF-PEARL, PAPER/CARD

No. Pieces

79

Description

ALL PINS ARE STEEL WITH A TIN CAP THAT HAS A PAPER DECORATION COVERED IN A LACQUER UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. 1. ADVERTISING BUTTON: 3.8CM (D) HAS A STEEL PIN THAT WAS BENT IN MIDDLE WITH ONE END COVERING THE DIAMETER AND THE OTHER FORMING A HALF CIRCLE AND IS FIT UNDER THE LIP OF THE BUTTON TO SECURE IT. THE FRONT IS OFF-WHITE AND IN RED LETTERING STATES "GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS OF CANADA LIMITED RETAIL BRANCH REGINA OIL CHANGED AT____________ MILES LUBRICATED AT_______MILES HYPOID CHANGED AT___________MILES". PAPER IS WARPED UNDERNEATH LACQUER, HAS SURFACE DIRT, SOME CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 2. ADVERTISING BUTTON: 3.3CM (D). PIN HAS ALUMINUM LAYER ON BACK WHICH IS CONCAVE IN SHAPE AND HAS ONE HOLE WHERE THE PIN AND ITS END COME THROUGH, AND A CRESCENT SHAPED HOLE ON THE OTHER SIDE WHICH THE PIN LATCHES INTO. PIN IS BLUE AND READS IN WHITE LETTERING "RIDE THE GREEN LANE OF SAFETY IN A NEW 1939 HUDSON" ON THE FRONT. ALSO HAS A PICTURE OF A WHITE CAR DRIVING ON A GREEN ROAD IN THE MIDDLE. HAS MINOR CORROSION ON PIN AND UNDER ALUMINUM. 3. ADVERTISING PIN: 3.2CM (D). PIN HAS BEEN WRAPPED UNDER THE LIP AND HAS BEEN BENT ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF POINT TO PRODUCE A HOOK FOR SECURING PIN. OFF WHITE FRONT SAYS IN RED LETTERS "GILLESPIE MAID CEREAL" WITH A BLUE, RED AND WHITE BIG BILLED BIRD EATING A BOX OF CEREAL AND TWO MORE BY HIS FEET. UNDERNEATH IN BLUE IT READS ""IT FILLS THE BILL"". HAS SOME SCRATCHES AND SURFACE DIRT, HAS MUCH CORROSION ON BACK. 4. YMCA BUTTON: 1.9CM (D). ON BACK HAS PAPER FITTED IN THAT READS "INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK CITY. PAT.FEB. 16-'97" AND TINY WRITING BELOW ALL IN BLACK PRINT. THE PIN IS STRAIGHT ACROSS AND ONE END WRAPS HALF WAY UNDER BUTTON LIP. WHITE FRONT HAS AN INVERTED RED TRIANGLE WITH WHITE CENTER AND IN BLUE INK AT TOP READS "I AM A" AND IN BLUE RECTANGLE WITH WHITE LETTERS READS "YMCA" AND IN BLUE LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM READS "BOOSTER". PAPER IS FADING AND WORN ON BACK, SOME MINOR SIGNS OF CORROSION, 5. SAME AS #4. 6. SAME AS #5. 7. YMCA BUTTON: 1.6CM (D). PAPER ON BACK IS SAME AS #4 EXCEPT SMALLER AND BOTTOM SMALL WRITING IS DIFFERENT. PIN IS PLACED IN SAME AS #4. FRONT OF BUTTON IS SAME AS #4 EXCEPT IT ONLY HAS THE TRIANGLE WITH "YMCA" ACROSS IT AND NO OTHER WRITING. PIN IS ALSO MORE YELLOW THAN #4. SOME SMALL SCRATCHES ON SURFACE. 8. AVIATION BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). PIN IS LIKE #4. FRONT IS BLUE-GREEN WITH GOLD TRIM, WRITING AND PICTURE. READS "HOWIE WING CADET AVIATION CORPS". WITH A PICTURE OF A PILOT'S HEAD WITH WINGS ON EITHER SIDE. ALONG EDGE OF BUTTON IN BLUE IT READS "E.C. FORD, REG'D. MONTREAL". MUCH CORROSION ALONG BACK AND SOME ON PIN. COLOURS ARE FADED. 9. SAME AS #8 EXCEPT FRONT COLOURS ARE NOT FADED AND APPEAR NAVY BLUE. NOT AS MUCH CORROSION ON BACK OR WARPING, AND PIN IS STRAIGHT. 10. EXHIBITION PIN: 4.4CM (D). PIN PLACED IN SAME AS #4. FRONT IS GOLD WITH BLACK WRITING AND ONE OUTER AND ONE INNER BLACK CIRCLE OUTLINES. IN BETWEEN CIRCLES READS "LINDSAY CENTRAL EXHIBITION" AND READS IN CENTRE "1928". BACK AND PIN ARE CORRODING QUICKLY, AND HAS SMALL WHITE SPOTS ON BACK. 11. COMMEMORATIVE PIN: 2.4CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4 EXCEPT SLIGHTLY OFFSIDE. HAS OFF-WHITE TOP WITH BLUE LETTERING THAT READS "80 YEARS OF PROGRESS TLC 1873 - 1953". ON SIDE READS "WELLINGS-TORONTO". HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON BACK. 12. EXHIBITION PIN: 4.5CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4. WHITE TOP HAS BLUE LETTERS AND PICTURE. IT READS "LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION" AND HAS PICTURE OF HORSE HEAD ON LEFT, COW HEAD ON RIGHT, WHEAT IN BETWEEN THEM AND ON BOTTOM, AND CHICKEN HEAD IN CIRCLE BELOW HORSE/COW. 13. WAR BUTTON: 2.2CM (D). OFF WHITE BUTTON HAS PIN LIKE #4. ON FRONT IS BROWN OUTLINE OF A HAND GIVING THE "THUMBS-UP" SIGNAL. BELOW IN RED IT READS "WAR SAVER". ON SIDE IT READS IN RED "BY STANLEY TORONTO". HAS MINIMAL CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 14. SAME AS #13 EXCEPT IS MORE YELLOW, AND HAS BLUISH UNDERSIDE. 15. SAME AS #13 EXCEPT IS MORE YELLOW AND HAS MORE CORROSION UNDERNEATH. 16. SAME AS #13 EXEPT IS MORE YELLOWISH AND HAS MORE UNDERSIDE CORROSION. 17. SAME AS #13 EXCEPT IS YELLOW WITH DIRT AROUND EDGE, AND HAS MORE CORROSION. 18. SAME AS #13 EXCEPT IS YELLOW AND HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DIRT AND CORROSION. 19. SAME AS #13 EXCEPT IS DARKER YELLOW AND HAS A BIT MORE CORROSION. 20. "SAYING" BUTTON: 3.3CM (D). HAS SAME PIN AS #4. BUTTON HAS ORANGE AND CREAM COLOURED CHECKS AROUND OUTSIDE OF TOP, AND INSIDE IS CREAM WITH NAVY BLUE WRITING "WHATA WORM" AND NAVY PICTURE OF BIRD WITH WORM COMING OUT OF ITS BEAK IN A CURVE PATTERN. BUTTON IS SLIGHTLY WARPED AND HAS CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 21. "SAYING" BUTTON: 3.6CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. HAS CREAM BACKGROUND ON TOP AND RED CHECKS AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE AND IN BLUE IT READS "ALL I WANT IS LOVE". HAS MINOR SIGNS OF CORROSION ON BACK AND ON PIN. PIN TIP IS SILVER. 22. "SAYING" BUTTON: SAME AS #21 EXCEPT HAS BLUE CHECKS AND IN RED STATES "LET'S GET LIT". 23. RELIGIOUS BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). HAS SAME PIN AS #4. CREAMY BACKGROUND HAS PURPLE, PINK, GREEN, AND BROWN FLOWERS AND LEAVES AT BOTTOM, AND MOUNTAIN OVER WATER IN MIDDLE. IN BLACK IT SAYS "WALK HONESTLY". THE BACK HAS MINIMAL CORROSION AND ON PIN. 24. RELIGIOUS BUTTON: SAME AS #23 EXCEPT HAS DIFFERENT RED FLOWERS AT BOTTOM AND READS IN BLACK "BE OF GOOD CHEER". HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CORROSION. 25. RELIGIOUS BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). HAS PAPER IN BACK THAT READS "MANUFACTURED BY THE HAMMOND PUBLISHING CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS.". THE TOP IS YELLOW WITH WHITE, PURPLE, AND ORANGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES. IS A BUTTERFLY TO THE RIGHT. IT READS IN BLACK ""CAST THY BURDEN ON THE LORD"". TO THE SIDE IS A "C" IN A CIRCLE FOR COPYRIGHT. 26. CLUB BUTTON: 2.2CM (D). HAS PIN LIKE #4. FRONT IS GREEN WITH GOLD TRIM AND DESIGNS. HAS GOLD STAR THAT READS "ROOSEVELT GARNER CLUB" IN GREEN AND IN BANNER BELOW READS "CALIFORNIA" ALSO IN GREEN. ON SIDE IN GREEN SAYS, "BASTIAN BROS CO." WITH A TINY INSIGNIA THEN, "ROCHESTER N.Y.". LITTLE SIGN OF CORROSION. 27. CLUB BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4. ON FRONT TOP IS YELLOW WITH BLUE WRITING THAT READS "ALWAYS BE CAREFUL". BOTTOM IS RED AND READS IN YELLOW "ALEMITE BRIGADIERS CLUB". IN MIDDLE IS BLUE CIRCLE WITH "ABC" WRITTEN IN YELLOW. SOME SMALL SCRATCHES ON FRONT. 28. CLUB BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4. BACK HAS PAPER THAT READS "HODGES BADGE CO. 166 ESSEX ST. BOSTON, MASS.". TOP IS PURPLE WITH GOLD CREST THAT HAS PURPLE WRITING THAT READS "LIONS L INTERNATIONAL". PIN IS BENT, HAS DIRT ON PAPER. LETTER AFTER "ST." IS ILLEGIBLE DUE TO DIRT. HAS CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 29. CLUB PIN: 3.8CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4. PIN IS BLUE ON TOP WITH WHITE WRITING OVER THE TOP THAT READS "HILLIARD CLUB 1934" AND ON BOTTOM "SEIGNIORY CLUB CONVENTION". IN MIDDLE IS A PICTURE OF A SOLDIER WITH A HELMET AND SWORD WEARING A RED CROSS AND A SHIELD THAT SAYS IN RED "DOMINION LIFE". HE IS PROTECTING A WOMAN SITTING AND HOLDING A CHILD. CREST IS RED, PICTURE IS WHITE. BACK IS CORRODING, AS IS PIN. 30. CLUB PIN: 3.1CM (D). SAME PIN AS #3. OFF WHITE TOP HAS RED LETTERING THAT READS "LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN" OVER TOP AND BOTTOM, AND IN BLUE IN MIDDLE READS "PATRIOTIC LEAGUE". HAS SOME DIRT ON TOP. IS CORRODING UNDERNEATH AND ON PIN A LITTLE BIT. 31. RELIGION BUTTON: 2CM (D). HAS SAME PIN AS #4. BUTTON HAS BACK THAT IS GREY AND READS INSIDE OF TWO BLUE CIRCLES "WM. H. DIETZ 10 SO. ....(?) AVE. CHICAGO. ILL. U.S.A.". TOP IS YELLOW AND HAS WHITE CROSS WITH BLACK AND GREEN OUTLINE AND WHITE LILIES AND GREEN LEAVES. AT TOP IN BLACK IT SAYS "HE IS RISEN". THIS IS NOT PAPER WITH LACQUER, IT IS PAINT ON TOP. PAINT IS SCRATCHED, HAS SOME DIRT UNDERNEATH, AND THE THE PAINT ON BACK IS ALSO SCRATCHED. 32 BIRTHDAY PIN: 1.7CM (D). HAS SAME PIN AS #4. ON BACK HAS GREY PAINT AND IN PURPLE PAINT IT READS "DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO. ELGIN NEW YORK BOSTON" WITH TWO PURPLE SCROLLS. THE TOP IS PURPLE-PINK AND HAS ORANGE CANDLE FLAMES AND WRITING THAT SAYS "BIRTHDAY GREETINGS", AND HAVE CREAM CANDLES AND WRITING THAT SAYS "FROM YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL". THIS BUTTON IS PAINTED AND NOT WITH PAPER AND LACQUER COVERING. PAINT IS CHIPPING ON TOP AND BOTTOM, PIN SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF CORROSION. 33. BUTTON: 2.4CM (D). BUTTON IS A CUPEROUS METAL (BRASS?). PIN IS ATTACHED TO FLAT BACK BY A PROTRUDING CLASP THAT FORMS A HINGE ON ONE SIDE AND HOOKS INTO AN EYE AT THE OTHER END. HAS PAINT AND PAPER WITH LACQUER FINISH ON TOP. THE TOP HAS A BLUE CIRCULAR CENTRE WITH A DEPRESSED GREY OUTLINE AROUND IT, THEN A THIN RING OF WHITE, AND AGAIN THE GREY OUTLINE. OUTER RING IS BLUE WITH DEPRESSED GREY OUTLINE, THIN WHITE RING, AND FINALLY THE GREY OUTLINE. SOME CORROSION ON BACK. 34. BUTTON: 1.6CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. ON BACK IS GREY PAINT AND READS IN BLUE "DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO, ... ELGIN NEW YORK, BOSTON ...". TOP IS YELLOW PAINT WITH GREEN BORDER WREATH WITH A CREAM RIBBON AT THE BOTTOM. IN MIDDLE IS A CREAM BANNER THAT READS "C I C" IN GREEN LETTERS. PAINT IS SCRATCHED ON BOTH SIDES. SOME SIGN OF CORROSION ON TOP. 35. BUTTON: 1.6CM (D). PIN IS SAME STYLE AS #4, EXCEPT POINTED END IS BENT IN "S" SHAPE. UNDERNEATH OF PIN IS PAPER THAT READS "THE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO 9TH & CUTTER STS. CINCINNATI O." TOP IS BLUE WITH WHITE OUTLINE CIRCLE AND WHITE LETTERING THAT GOES FROM SMALL TO BIG, TO SMALL AND READS "OTHERS". MINOR CORROSION ON BACK. 36. BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS OFF-WHITE AND READS IN BLUE LETTERING "A.C.B. INTER-SCHOOL A.A." IN A SEMI-CIRCLE OVER TOP, AND READS STRAIGHT ACROSS "CADOMIN ALBERTA 1932". SOME CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 37. CLUB BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS YELLOWISH WITH RED LETTERING THAT READS "..JOE.E.BROWN..SMILERS CLUB", AND ON SIDE "BY STANLEY TORONTO". ON TOP MIDDLE IS A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF A MAN'S HEAD AND SHOULDER WEARING A TIE AND HAS A SMILE. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH HE IS FRAMED BY RIPPED PAPER. 38. BUTTON: 2.2CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. UNDERNEATH BUTTON IS PAPER THAT READS "MADE BY EHRMAN MFG CO. BOSTON MASS" WITH A LOGO BELOW THAT READS "AMERICAN ... LIPSSA MANUFACTURE" AND AT BOTTOM "FACTORY ...UFORD N H". TOP IS OFF-WHITE WITH A FLAG IN THE MIDDLE THAT HAS VERTICAL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BLACK, YELLOW, RED STRIPES AND ON THE YELLOW STRIPE A CREST. BELOW READS "BELGIUM" IN BLACK. TOP HAS SOME DIRT, CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 39. PET BUTTON: 2.5CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS BLACK AND READS IN YELLOW "THOROUGHBRED QUALITY GUTTA PERCHA PRODUCTS" WITH THE PICTURE OF A BROWN AND WHITE DOG WITH A COLLAR THAT READS "PERKY" ON IT. ON THE SIDE IN YELLOW IT READS "BY STANLEY TORONTO". BACK IS DENTED, HAS SOME CORROSION, AND PIN IS BENT. 40. PET BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. FRONT IS OFF-WHITE WITH THE PICTURE OF A MOUNTAIN-GOAT IN BLACK AND WHITE. BACK HAS SIGNS OF ACTIVE CORROSION. PIN IS BENT. 41. PET BUTTON: 2.1CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS PAINTED GREEN WITH A HORIZONTAL WHITE STRIP AND THE PICTURE OF A BROWN DOG LABELED UNDERNEATH IN BLACK "IRISH TERRIER". ON SIDE IT READS "MADE IN U.S.A." IN BLACK. MINOR SCRATCHES IN PAINT ON TOP, MINOR CORROSION ON BACK. 42. PET BUTTON: 2.1CM (D). SAME AS #41 EXCEPT TOP HAS PICTURE OF A BROWN GERMAN SHEPARD STANDING ON A BEACH, WITH A SAILBOAT ON THE WATER IN THE BACKGROUND. HAS DOG'S SHADOW ON SAND. READS IN BLACK BELOW "POLICE DOG". 43. PET BUTTON: SAME AS #41 EXCEPT BACKGROUND IS PAINTED YELLOW WITH A RED STRIPE THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND BELOW BACKGROUND IS MORE ORANGE THAN TOP. HAS A PICTURE OF A BLACK LONG HAIRED DOG THAT IS LABELED IN BLACK BELOW "POODLE". 44. PET BUTTON: SAME AS #41 EXCEPT TOP IS YELLOW BACKGROUND WITH ORANGE CRISS-CROSSES. AND HAS AN ORANGE STRIP WITH THE BOTTOM BEING GREEN AND WHITE VERTICAL STRIPES. HAS A PICTURE OF A SMALL BLACK DOG AND IS LABELLED "SCOTTISH TERRIER". 45. PET BUTTON: SAME AS #41 EXCEPT HAS A BLACK UPPER BACKGROUND AND IS BLUE BELOW. HAS A PICTURE OF A BIG WHITE DOG THAT READS "BULL TERRIER". 46. PET BUTTON: SAME AS #41 EXCEPT HAS A PICTURE OF A BLACK DOG STANDING ON GREEN GRASS WITH MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND AND A PINK SKY. THIS ONE IS LABELED "SCHIPPERKE". 47. PET BUTTON: 3.9CM (L) X 3.6CM (W). MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHIELD HAS AN OVAL HOLE AT THE TOP. PIN ON BACK HAS BROKEN OFF. ON FRONT IS A BRASS-COPPER FIGURE ATTACHED TO THE SHIELD. THIS IS A DEER JUMPING OVER SOMETHING, AT THE BASE IS A SMALL NAIL THAT HOLDS THE PLATE ON THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL. HAS SOME CORROSION. HAS SMALL CRACKS IN THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL. 48. RED CROSS BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). HAS SAME PIN AS #3. BACK IS PAINTED IN BLACK "MADE IN CANADA BY GENERAL STEEL WARES LIMITED --- MONTREAL". TOP IS PAINTED OFF-WHITE WITH A BLUE MAPLE LEAF AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE LEAF IS A WHITE CROSS, AND IN ITS CENTRE IS A RED CROSS. HAS SOME MINOR SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT, AND MINOR CORROSION. 49. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #48 EXCEPT HAS A FEW MORE SCRATCHES. 50. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #48 EXCEPT HAS A RED BACKGROUND AND A GOLD MAPLE LEAF, AND BELOW IN BLACK IS WRITTEN "JUNIOR". HAS A DENT IN THE STEEL. 51. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #48 EXCEPT HAS PURPLE BACKGROUND AND A GREEN LEAF WITH THE LABEL "JUNIOR" IN BLACK UNDERNEATH. 52. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #48 EXCEPT HAS GOLD BACKGROUND AND GREEN LEAF WITH "JUNIOR" WRITTEN IN BLACK BELOW. 53. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #48 EXCEPT SEEMS TO HAVE A BLUE BACKGROUND AND GOLD CROSS, PAINT IS BADLY CHIPPED. 54. RED CROSS BUTTON: 1.5CM (D). SAME PIN AS "4. HAS GOLD BACK, AND OFF-WHITE TOP WITH A RED HEART PAINTED IN THE MIDDLE AND IN BLUE "1940" UNDER CROSS AND "M" ON SIDE. HAS MINOR SCRATCHES. 55. RED CROSS BUTTON: SAME AS #54 EXCEPT COLOUR IS SLIGHTLY FADED AND HAS DENT. 56. RED CROSS BUTTON: 1.5CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. HAS PAINTED OFF-WHITE TOP WITH A BLUE BORDER AND A RED CROSS IN THE MIDDLE. HAS MINOR SCRATCHES. 57. RED CROSS BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). YELLOW PLASTIC FLAT BACK HAS PLASTIC HOLDER FOR PIN WHICH IS BENT AT NINETY DEGREE ANGLE AND HOOKS IN TO A PLASTIC EYE. FRONT HAS CLEAR YELLOW PLASTIC LAYER WITH PAPER UNDERNEATH. PAPER HAS BLUE CIRCLE BORDER WITH RAISED GOLD LETTERING THAT READS "CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY". INNER CIRCLE IS GOLD WITH RAISED GOLD SCULPTED DESIGN AND LETTERING THAT READS ".BLOOD DONOR SERVICE". IN CENTRE IS A RED CROSS. PAPER HAS A RIP. PLASTIC IS SCRATCHED. 58. CLUB BUTTON: 2.3CM (D). PIN SAME AS #4. HAS WHITE TOP WITH BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF A SINGER AND STRINGED INSTRUMENT PLAYER ON A HILL AND READS IN BLACK LETTERING "HAPPY HERALDERS" ON TOP, ON SIDE " RYRIE-BIRKS-TORONTO". SHOWS MINOR SIGNS OF CORROSION. 59. CLUB BUTTON: SAME AS #58 EXCEPT IS YELLOWING. 60. CLUB BUTTON: SAME AS #58 EXCEPT IS YELLOWING AND SHOWS SIGNS OF ACTIVE CORROSION. 61. POLITICAL BUTTON: 1.9 CM (D). OFF-WHITE TOP HAS BLUE LETTERING THAT READS "ALBERTA SOCIAL CREDIT" WITH THESE INITIALS OVERLAPPING IN THE CENTRE. HAS A PICTURE OF A WEIGH SCALE WITH THE TWO BASKETS BEING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE INITIALS. HAS SOME SURFACE DIRT, IS CORRODING ON BACK. 62. POLITICAL BUTTON: SAME AS #61 EXCEPT IS YELLOWING AND CORROSION IS SHOWING THROUGH TOP IN PLACES. 63. BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). TEAL BUTTON HAS OFF-WHITE CIRCLE AND RECTANGLE AT BOTTOM. IN CIRCLE IN TEAL READS "CHAUFFEUR 1946 ALBERTA", IN RECTANGLE "14472" IN BLACK. IN CENTER IS ALBERTA FLAG IN A CREST. IS DENTED ON BACK AND CORRODING. PIN SAME AS #3. 64. BUTTON: 1.7CM (D). GOLD BACK IS PAINTED IN BLACK "DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO. ELGIN NEW YORK BOSTON". TOP IS PAINTED OFF WHITE AND IN RED READS "RALLY DAY". HAS TWO IDENTICAL RED FLAGS WITH THEIR POLES CROSSED WITH A UNION JACK IN THE CORNER AND A CREST MORE IN THE MIDDLE. PIN SAME AS #4. MINOR SCRATCHES ON PAINT. 65. BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PAPER ON BACK READS IN BLACK PRINT "EATON'S THE STORE FOR YOUNG CANADA". TOP IS GREEN WITH A PICTURE OF SANTA CLAUS HOLDING A WHITE SIGN THAT READS IN RED LETTERING "FROM SANTA AT EATON'S". PIN SAME AS #4. SOME MINOR SPOTS OF CORROSION ON BACK AND PIN. 66. BUTTON: 2.2CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. OFF-WHITE PIN HAS RED BORDER AND OFF-WHITE PRINT THAT READS "NATIONAL . SALESMENS . CRUSADE ." IN CENTRE IN BLUE IT READS "SALES MEAN JOBS". IS CORRODING ON BACK. 67. BUTTON: 2.5CM (D). PIN SAME AS #3. ON BACK IS ETCHED "UNION LABEL ROCH. N." WITH AN INSIGNIA. ON FRONT TOP IS LIGHT BLUE AND BOTTOM IS WHITE. READS IN BLACK "I.B.E.W. A.F.OF L.". HAS A BLACK AND WHITE SKETCH OF A CLENCHED FIST AND WRIST WITH ZIG-ZAGS EMITTING FROM THE FIST. HAS A DIFFERENT LOGO ON EITHER SIDE OF FIST. SIDE READS "BASTIAN BROS. CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.". IS CORRODING ON ONE SPOT ON BACK. 68. SUPERMAN BUTTON: 2.0CM (D). ON BACK IN BLUE PAINT IT READS "KELLOGG'S PEP" AND UPSIDE-DOWN "MADE IN U.S.A.". FRONT IS PAINTED OFF-WHITE WITH A PICTURE OF SUPERMAN WEARING RED AND WHITE, AND READS ON THE RIGHT IN BLACK "SUPERMAN". ON SIDE IT READS "COPYRIGHT D.C. INC.". PAINT IS CHIPPING, HAS MINOR SPOTS OF CORROSION. 69. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.3CM (D). STEEL CAP IS PAINTED ON TOP, HAS GATHERED EDGE. PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS CREAM WITH A PICTURE OF EDWARD VIII IN UNIFORM FROM THE CHEST UP LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT. HAS CORROSION ON BACK. 70. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP IS GREEN-GREY WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF KING GEORGE VI IN PROFILE, WEARING A SUIT. SOME CORROSION ON BACK. 71. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. TOP IS OFF-WHITE WITH A BLACK AND WHITE PROFILE PHOTOGRAPH OF KING GEORGE VI IN UNIFORM. HAS TINY MARKS ON HIS FACE, SOME MINOR CORROSION ON BACK. 72. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. TOP IS OFF-WHITE AND HAS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH. BOTH ARE FACING FORWARD WITH GEORGE IN UNIFORM AND ELIZABETH IN A FLAPPER DRESS. ON THE SIDE IN BLACK IT READS "MADE IN TORONTO". HAS SOME SMALL SCRATCHES AND MINOR SPOTS OF CORROSION ON BACK. 73. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. TOP IS YELLOW WITH OVAL FRAMED BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES OF GEORGE VI IN UNIFORM ON THE LEFT, AND QUEEN ELIZABETH ON THE RIGHT IN FLAPPER DRESS. THE FRAMES HAVE A CROWN IN THE MIDDLE ABOVE THEM, AND ARE TRIMMED WITH GREEN VINES. ON THE BOTTOM IN RED PRINT IS AN INSIGNIA AND THEN READS "WELCOME TO CANADA -1939-", AND ON SIDE "E.C. FORD REG'D, MONTREAL". CORNERS ARE WORN, PIN IS BENT, SOME CORROSION. 74. ROYALTY BUTTON: 3.2CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. TOP IS PALE GREEN WITH BLUE WRITING AROUND PERIPHERY THAT READS "CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH" WITH "1937" IN THE MIDDLE. BACK HAS BLUE LINES OF LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE WITH RED REPRESENTATIONS OF "CANADA" "INDIA" "BRITISH ISLES" "SOUTH AFRICA" AND "AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND" AROUND THE EDGES. IN THE CENTRE ARE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF KING GEORGE ON THE LEFT AND QUEEN ELIZABETH ON THE RIGHT. THEY HAVE A CROWN ABOVE AND BETWEEN THEM AND TWO FLAGS FOLDED TOGETHER OF THE BRITISH FLAG AND THE CANADIAN ENSIGN (?). PIN IS BENT, HAS SOME CORROSION IN THE BACK. 75. ROYALTY PIN: 3.3CM (D). SAME PIN AS #4. HAS RED BORDER THAT READS IN WHITE RECTANGLE IN BLACK LETTERS "MADE IN CANADA BY E.C. FORD, MONTREAL". THEN IS A WHITE RING THAT READS IN BLACK "25TH ANNIVERSARY KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY 1910-1935". IN BLACK AND WHITE IS A SIDE BY SIDE PROFILE OF THE ROYAL COUPLE, AND AROUND THEM IS A BLUE CIRCLE WITH VARIOUS FLAGS IN THE SHAPES OF CRESTS AND SHIELDS, WITH A CROWN ABOVE THEIR HEADS. HAS MINOR CORROSION ON BACK. 76. ROYALTY BUTTON: SAME AS #75 EXCEPT HAS A RIP IN THE CARDBOARD AND TWO SMALL ROUND DENTS IN THE BACK. 77. ROYALTY BUTTON: 2.1CM (D). BACK HAS LAYER OF ALUMINUM THAT IS CONCAVE WITH TWO SMALL HOLES ON ONE SIDE WHERE THE PIN COMES THROUGH WITH THE END WOVEN UP AND SECURED RIGHT BESIDE IT. OPPOSITE THIS SIDE IS A CRESCENT SHAPED OPENING WHERE THE PIN HOOKS IN PLACE. ON IT IS ETCHED "MADE IN JAPAN". TOP IS OFF-WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "IN COMMEMORATION OF CORONATION" WITH THE BRITISH FLAG IN THE MIDDLE. 78. ROYALTY BUTTON: 2.0CM (D). PIN IS SAME AS #4. TOP HAS RED BORDER AND BLUE BACKGROUND WITH A COLOUR PHOTO OF KING GEORGE VI, QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND THE CHILD PRINCESS ELIZABETH. ABOVE THEM IS A CROWN. BACK IS CORRODING. 79. POPPY PIN: 4.6CM (L). RED CARDBOARD POPPY IS FUZZY ON TOP WITH SCALLOPED EDGES IN SHAPE OF A POPPY. HAS BLACK FELT ROUND MIDDLE PIECE, WHICH IS HELD TO RED POPPY WITH A PIN WHOSE HEAD IS ON TOP. PIN IS BENT PARALLEL WITH CARDBOARD, AND BENT AT END TO FORM HOOK. ON BACK OF RED CARBOARD IS PRINTED IN ALTERNATE A TRIANGLE WITH A HAND HOLDING A MALLET IN THE CENTRE AND READS "VETCRAFT". THERE IS ALSO A ROUNDED INSIGNIA WITH "BRITISH.EMPIRE.SERVICE.LEAGUE" AROUND EDGE AND "CANADIAN" IN A BANNER, WITH "LEGION" BELOW. THERE IS A MAPLE LEAF IN THE MIDDLE. POPPY MATERIAL IS WORN, AND CARDBOARD IS FOLDED AND TORN IN AREAS.

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History

BUTTONS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS FOUND IN BOX IN BARRACK BAY AT LOCATION OF STREETS ALIVE DURING RENOVATIONS. OWNER NOT KNOWN.

Catalogue Number

P19940024001

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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