Lot of five Civil Rights-related buttons, including: One Challenger Clubs of America button featuring a detailed illustration of clasped black and white hands against an American flag background. Approx. 1.25 in. diameter. Back paper reads, "CHALLENGERS Believe: All men are brothers. Freedom is our common heritage and Fascism our common enemy. Those who would destroy us seek first to defeat us by setting Gentile against Jew - White against Negro - Faithe against Faith. But the unity of free people cannot be broken." One Major Taylor, Iver Johnson Cycles button featuring an illustration of Marshall Taylor in athletic posture. Approx. 0.75 in. diameter. Back paper marked for "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N. J." with the "Typographical Union Label" seal and patent dates of July 17, 1894, April 14, 1896, and July 21, 1896. Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (1878-1932) was an American track cyclist, professionally racing at the age of 18, and winning the sprint event at the 1899 world track championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He set multiple world records in sprinting, and became the second African American athlete to win a world championship in any sport. Throughout his career, however, Taylor faced racial prejudice and discrimination. His resolve to face and combat those forces became one of his lasting legacies, along with his superior athletic ability. Two Charmion buttons, both featuring photographic images of the legendary strong woman in different poses. Both approx. 1.25 in. diameter. One button shows Charmion wearing a ruffled dress with a plumed hat atop a trapeze swing, and the other shows her bare torso from behind as she flexes her muscles. Laverie Vallee née Cooper, better known as Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strong woman best known for her risqué trapeze disrobing act. This controversial act was filmed in 1901, showing Charmion stripping off her Victorian street clothing to reveal her acrobat leotard as she mounted the trapeze. One New York Evening Journal button featuring an illustration of popular children's cartoon character, Popeye, swinging his fist. Approx. 1.25 in. diameter. Button is labelled with the number "447484" in the center in bold text, with curl text reading, "Offset Gravure Corp., N. Y. C. Made in the U. S. A." Back paper reads, "Wear This Button. Watch for Lucky Numbers on Comic Pages of NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL for Valuable Prizes" and is stamped with Local One New York Amalgamated Lithographers Union Label trademark. These buttons advertised a contest run by the New York Evening Journal promising prizes to those who matched the numbers on their buttons to the numbers printed in the newspaper's funny pages.
Lot of five Civil Rights-related buttons, including: One Challenger Clubs of America button featuring a detailed illustration of clasped black and white hands against an American flag background. Approx. 1.25 in. diameter. Back paper reads, "CHALLENGERS Believe: All men are brothers. Freedom is our common heritage and Fascism our common enemy. Those who would destroy us seek first to defeat us by setting Gentile against Jew - White against Negro - Faithe against Faith. But the unity of free people cannot be broken." One Major Taylor, Iver Johnson Cycles button featuring an illustration of Marshall Taylor in athletic posture. Approx. 0.75 in. diameter. Back paper marked for "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N. J." with the "Typographical Union Label" seal and patent dates of July 17, 1894, April 14, 1896, and July 21, 1896. Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor (1878-1932) was an American track cyclist, professionally racing at the age of 18, and winning the sprint event at the 1899 world track championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He set multiple world records in sprinting, and became the second African American athlete to win a world championship in any sport. Throughout his career, however, Taylor faced racial prejudice and discrimination. His resolve to face and combat those forces became one of his lasting legacies, along with his superior athletic ability. Two Charmion buttons, both featuring photographic images of the legendary strong woman in different poses. Both approx. 1.25 in. diameter. One button shows Charmion wearing a ruffled dress with a plumed hat atop a trapeze swing, and the other shows her bare torso from behind as she flexes her muscles. Laverie Vallee née Cooper, better known as Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strong woman best known for her risqué trapeze disrobing act. This controversial act was filmed in 1901, showing Charmion stripping off her Victorian street clothing to reveal her acrobat leotard as she mounted the trapeze. One New York Evening Journal button featuring an illustration of popular children's cartoon character, Popeye, swinging his fist. Approx. 1.25 in. diameter. Button is labelled with the number "447484" in the center in bold text, with curl text reading, "Offset Gravure Corp., N. Y. C. Made in the U. S. A." Back paper reads, "Wear This Button. Watch for Lucky Numbers on Comic Pages of NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL for Valuable Prizes" and is stamped with Local One New York Amalgamated Lithographers Union Label trademark. These buttons advertised a contest run by the New York Evening Journal promising prizes to those who matched the numbers on their buttons to the numbers printed in the newspaper's funny pages.
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