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🌟 VINTAGE MAINE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PINBACK BUTTON 🌟
✨ Offered is a vintage political pinback button featuring Halbert P. Gardner, Progressive Party candidate for Governor of Maine.
✷ The button face reads “Halbert P. Gardner for Governor” and features a photographic portrait.
⭐ Historical records document Halbert P. Gardner as the Progressive Party candidate for Governor of Maine in 1914. The yellow identification note shown with the item says “1974,” but that appears to be an error; Gardner's documented gubernatorial nomination was in 1914. JJane Addams Digital Edition+1
⭐ CONDITION
• Used / Vintage Antique Condition
• White/cream button with visible age-related discoloration
• Surface shows scratches, scuffs, marks and general handling wear
• Image and lettering remain visible
• Pinback hardware is present
• Please review all photos carefully for the exact condition
• Sold as a vintage collectible in the condition shown
🌟 FEATURES
✷ Halbert P. Gardner portrait
✷ “For Governor” political campaign wording
✷ Maine political history
✷ Progressive Party memorabilia
✷ Vintage pinback button construction
✷ Historical political collectible
✷ Early 20th-century campaign memorabilia
⭐ SPECIFICATIONS
• Candidate: Halbert P. Gardner
• Office: Governor of Maine
• Party: Progressive Party
• Campaign Year: 1914
• Item Type: Political Pinback Button
• Theme: Maine / Political Campaign / Progressive Party
• Color: White/Cream with black/gray imagery
• Material: Appears to be metal pinback with printed button face
• Exact size: Not measured; please see photos for scale
🔯 INCLUDED
✓ 1 × Halbert P. Gardner political pinback button
✓ Item is sold exactly as photographed
✓ No additional accessories are included unless shown in the photos
✨ PERFECT FOR
⭐ Political memorabilia collectors
⭐ Maine history collectors
⭐ Progressive Party historical memorabilia collections
⭐ Vintage campaign button collectors
⭐ Early 20th-century Americana collections
⭐ Election and gubernatorial memorabilia collectors
⭐ Historical ephemera displays
Halbert P. Gardner was a Maine merchant and politician who served in the Maine Legislature and was nominated for governor on the Progressive Party ticket in 1914. Contemporary historical records also document his role as Maine's Progressive Party national committeeman.
