Claude Walker
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Gallery #1 The Classics

Buttons from 1900-1976

Gotta be at least 30 years old to be in Gallery #1.  Oldest is the July 4, 1904 semicentennial of Jeff, Illlinois. I love the "I Go Pogo 1956" and "A. Somoza...Nuevo Lider".  The 3D HHH button makes me dizzy.  Palm cards for both my dad - Claude A. Walker, Jr. - and grandfather - Claude A. Walker, Sr. - are also featured.

 



Gall. Name of item Other text Shape Size " Bug Colors, images Category Est Date of issue Story
1 Dr. Alberto Gomez Zárate Candidato Presidencial round 0.75 brown on white, photo of Zarate campaign 1930?
1 July 4, 1854 Jeff, Illinois July 4, 1904 Compliments of Adam Rinard round 1.25 eagles, U.S. flags historical 1904 cloth U.S. flag pinned to it
1 A.T. Bliss For Governor round 0.75 brown on white, photo of Bliss campaign 1900 Michigan Gov. Aaron T. Bliss
1 Lowden round 0.5 blue on white campaign 1914? Frank Lowden, IL Gov
1 Vote Republican Recovery, One Issue - One Platform round 0.875 black & red on white, elephant campaign 1932?
1 Thompson round 0.75 blue on white, red ring campaign 1916? Chicago Mayor Big Bill Thompson
1 Cox Roosevelt round 0.875 blue & red on white campaign 1924 FDR as VP candidate
1 Red Cross 1919 round 0.625 red cross, blue "1919" on white historical 1919 Red Cross volunteer
1 Washington round 0.75 painted drawing of George Washington historical 1930?
1 Dr. Angel Zuñiga Huete 1933-1937 round 1 black on white, photo of Huete campaign 1932 Unsuccessful candidate for Honduras President
1 Re-elect Horner lapel pin 0.875 white on blue campaign 1936 Two-term IL Governor
1 For President Alfred E. Smith round 1.25 brown on white, photo of Smith campaign 1928
1 Merriam for Mayor Elect round 0.75 blue on white campaign 1955 Robert Merriam ran against Daley
1 Jorge García Granados Candidato Popular para Presidente 1951-1957 round 0.75 black on white, photo of Granados campaign 1951 Unsuccessful candidate for Guatemala President
1 Rivero Aguero Senador round 0.875 red and blue on white, photo of Aquero campaign 1954 Cuban senator, president
1 Roosevelt Truman All for One One for All 1944 round 1 red, blue, gold; drawing of servicemen & eagles campaign 1944 may be replica
1 Franklin D. Roosevelt round 0.75 blue on tan, photo of FDR campaign 1930s
1 NRA round 0.75 red "NRA" with blue eagle political 1933 National Recovery Act
1 (Franklin D. Roosevelt photo, no text) round 1.75 brown on white photo of FDR campaign 1930s
1 I Want Roosevelt Again round 0.75 blue & red on white campaign 1930s
1 Dewey Bricker round 0.75 blue & red on white; stars campaign 1944 Thomas Dewey v FDR
1 Roosevelt round 0.875 blue & red on white; star campaign
1 Roosevelt round 0.875 blue & red on white; insignia campaign
1 Eleanor Start Packing The Willkies are Coming round 1.75 black on orange campaign 1940 may be replica
1 Charles E. Hughes For President round 0.875 black on white, picture of Hughes campaign 1916
1 A. Somoza Nuestro Lider P.L.N. round 1.5 red & Black on white; photo of Somoza campaign 1974? Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza
1 Harry S. Truman For President round 1.25 red, black blue on white; photo of Truman campaign 1948
1 Truman and Barkley round 1.25 red & blue on white; photos of Truman, Barkley campaign 1948
1 Truman Barkley round 0.75 blue capitol dome, white on red campaign 1948
1 Ike and Dick round 0.75 red & blue on white campaign 1952
1 I Like Ike round 0.75 red & blue on white campaign 1952
1 Stevenson Sparkman Go Forward With round 1 color painting campaign 1952 may be replica
1 Vote for Ike! Don't let this happen to you! round 1.5 black & orange on white; shoe with hole campaign 1952 mocking Adlai's famous shoe
1 Ike round 0.75 red & blue on white campaign 1952
1 Bryan Kern round 1.5 sepia on white campaign 1908
1 Governor Shapiro round 1.5 blue on white campaign 1968 Estonian-born IL Governor Sam Shapiro
1 Governor Shapiro Re-elect nail file blue on white nail file campaign 1966
1 Shapiro Luv the Guv lapel pin blue & silver on white; hippie-style campaign 1968 Estonian-born IL Governor Sam Shapiro
1 Dr. Calderon Guardia Para Presidente round 0.5 blue, yellow, red flag; photo of Guardia campaign 1940 Costa Rica President 1940-44
1 I Go Pogo 1956 Walt Kelly round 4 orange & black on white; drawing of Pogo humor 1956 "considered quite rare"
1 1958 lapel pin 0.75 gold elephant with "1958" political 1958
1 Washington Senators round 1.62 blue on white; red baseball, crossed bats sports 1959? Team left DC in 1961
1 Claude A. Walker Republican Candidate for State Representative palm card B&W photo of Walker, State Capitol campaign 1956 Old 4th District. CW's grandfather
1 Claude A. Walker Republican for 37th Dist State Representative palm card red & blue; photo of Walker campaign 1966 CW's dad...lost to Pate Philip
1 Democrats for Nixon-Lodge round 1 black on yellow campaign 1960
1 Nixon Win with... 3-D pin 2.75 red & white 3-D pin in plastic campaign 1960
1 Governor Rockefeller for Governor round 1 white on blue campaign 1962
1 DuPage Republicans lapel pin 1.5 red, white & blue flag political 1964
1 Elmer Hoffman for Secretary of State I'm for round 0.75 blue on white campaign 1962 DuPage Co Sheriff ran for IL SOS
1 P.H.D. round 0.75 green on white campaign 1966 U.S. Sen. Paul H. Douglas, PhD (D-IL)
1 Save Our Lake lapel pin 0.5 blue on white; Lake Michigan map political 1960s
1 ev round 1.5 blue & red on white campaign 1968 U.S. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-IL)
1 Johnson for President LBJ round 0.875 red & blue on white; cowboy hat with "LBJ" campaign 1964
1 Goldwater and Miller I'm for round 3 red & blue on white campaign 1964
1 Johnson Kerner A Winning Team round 1.25 red & blue on white campaign 1964 IL Gov. Otto Kerner went to jail
1 Goldwater and Miller Go with...in '64 round 0.75 blue & red on whte campaign 1964
1 Johnson and Humphrey Democrats are we for round 2.75 x red & blue on white; pix of JBJ & HHH campaign 1964
1 Goldwater Miller round 0.75 red & blue on white, blue stars campaign 1964
1 Goldwater for President round 3.25 blue on white, red rim, pic of Barry campaign 1964
1 Johnson round 2.25 3D photo of LBJ campaign 1964
1 Goldwater in '64 round 0.75 black on gold, pic of Barry campaign 1964
1 Goldwater Miller lapel pin 1.25 blue & red on white, red arrow campaign 1964
1 Goldwater Miller round 3.25 red on white, blue stars campaign 1964
1 Johnson - Humphrey Vote Democratic lapel pin 1.5 red & blue on white; pix of JBJ & HHH, USA map campaign 1964
1 Lorenz Attorney General lapel pin 1.5 red & blue on white campaign 1964 Francis X. Lorenz lost twice to IL AG Bill Scott
1 Scott round 0.875 white on blue campaign 1964 Bill Scott 4-term IL AG, then jail
1 Spoon River Country round 1.62 multi-color; outline of county tourism Western Illinois
1 Percy for Governor round 1 red & blue on white campaign 1964 Charles Percy lost to IL Gov. Kerner
1 Percy for Senator round 1 red & blue on white campaign 1966 Charles Percy beat U.S. Sen. Paul Douglas
1 GOPercy lapel pin 0.87 black on gold campaign 1966 Charles Percy beat U.S. Sen. Paul Douglas
1 Support Black Liberation John Brown round 1.62 black on yellow, drawing of Brown political
1 War Resisters League round 0.75 black on tan; hands breaking a rifle political
1 Man's First Flight Around the Moon Dec. 21-27, 1968 Greatest Voyage Since Columbus round 3.25 red & blue on white; photo of astronauts historical 1968 Apollo 8 Mission. Anders, Lovell, Borman
1 Powell I'm for round 0.75 blue on orange campaign 1968 IL SOS Paul Powell $800K in shoeboxes
1 (Women's Rights) oval 1.5 purple on blue; power fist in symbol political 1968?
1 Viva Nixon round 0.87 red on white campaign 1968
1 Nixon Agnew round 1.12 red & blue on white campaign 1968
1 Nixon's the One! round 0.87 x red on white campaign 1968
1 Humphrey President round 2.5 3D photo of HHH campaign 1968
1 Humphrey HHH round 1 blue & red on white campaign 1968
1 Eugene round 0.75 white on blue campaign 1968
1 Rocky! round 1 blue on white campaign 1968 Nelson Rockefeller for Pres
1 RFK '68 lapel pin 1.5 white on blue campaign 1968
1 Wallace Stand up for Alabama round 0.75 blue & red on white campaign 1962 George Wallace ALA Gov (could be from '70)
1 Support Peace ...the things that make round 1.12 green on white, dove outline political 1968?
1 Nixon button round 1.12 red on white campaign 1968
1 nixon round 0.87 x red on black campaign 1968
1 Humphrey Muskie round 1.12 blue & red on white campaign 1968
1 Nixon Eats Lettuce round 1 black on day-glo green; UFW eagle political 1968
1 Nixon Now round 1 blue & red on white campaign 1968
1 Rockefeller for President Win with... round 1.75 red & blue on white campaign 1968
1 Member: Immoral Majority round 1.75 red on white, blue rim political 1968
1 Ogilvie round 0.87 black on orange campaign 1968 Richard Ogilvie IL Gov
1 Cubs Bleacher Bum round 0.75 red on blue; white baseball image sports 1969
1 Metcalfe round 1.5 green & black on white campaign 1970
1 (peace sign) round 0.62 black on brown political 1969 from 1969 peace march in Chicago
1 Espidi Gonzalez round 2.25 multi-color; Speedy Gonzalez humor bought in Mexico City's zocalo
1 Daley round 0.75 white on blue campaign 1971
1 Daley is the one in '71 round 1.12 blue & red on white campaign 1971
1 Dunne lapel pin 1 white on blue campaign 1970 George Dunne Cook Co Bd President
1 March to Impeach Nixon April 27 round 1.5 red & blue on white political 1970?
1 Amigos for Danaher round 0.75 white on green campaign 1971 Matt Danaher, jailed Cook County dem
1 La Mujer de Balaguer 70-74 round 1 red on white; drawing of Balaguer campaign 1970 Joaquin Balaguer, Pres Dominican Rep.
1 Bidwill for Veep round 2 x blue on white political 1964? IL State Sen. Art Bidwill?
1 McCarthy round 1.5 blue on white campaign 1968 The Classic.
1 Impeach Nixon round 1.5 white on blue political