These charts first appeared on the site in September
2003.
Arm & Torch
Red textless pins
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AT-01
AT-02
AT-03
AT-04
AT-05
AT-06
AT-07
AT-01. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has bindings, forming three x-shaped areas
on the shaft. The arm is stipled evenly with red dots. The flame is red—this
variety has no gold color at all. A union bug is well hidden at 6:00. The
sleeve seems to form three rings. Whitehead & Hoag backpaper, with the
firm name laid out in an arc above the rest of the text.
AT-02. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has bindings, forming several x-shaped
areas on the shaft. The arm is stipled with red dots along its two edges,
but is white at center. Flame is gold. No union bug at 6:00. Only a small
portion of the sleeve is visible and the sleeve has little detail. Whitehead
& Hoag backpaper, with text beginning, "Buttons Made by the Whitehead
& Hoag Co."
AT-03. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has no bindings. The shape of the dark
shaded area at bottom is distinctive. Backpaper of W.F. Miller has the name
of the firm laid out in an arc above the word "Patent."
AT-04. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has no bindings. The shape of the dark
shaded area at bottom is distinctive (there is very little shading to the
right of the sleeve). Backpaper of the W.F. Miller firm with text that begins,
"W.F. Miller, 134 Park Road, New York, Pat. Appl'd For." Text
of the backpaper is not laid out with text in an arc.
AT-05. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has no bindings. The shape of the dark
shaded area at bottom is distinctive, but note that it is very similar to
that of AT-06. This variety has the backpaper of the Socialist Literature
Company.
AT-06. Cello, 5/8 inch. Torch has no bindings. The shape of the dark
shaded area at bottom is distinctive, but note that it is very similar to
that of AT-05. This variety has the backpaper of W.F. Miller firm. Street
number of the firm is given as 158 on this backpaper.
AT-07. Cello, 3/4 inch. Torch has bindings, forming three x-shaped areas
on the shaft. Flame is red—this variety has no gold color at all. The
size is distinctive, as is the backpaper, which reads, "Made for Ohio
State Soc. Party."
