PA-01. Socialist Candidate for Governor, Chas. Sehl. Cello, 7/8 inch.
Sehl was the Socialist gubernatorial nominee in the Keystone State in 1918.
PA-02. Reading's Next Mayor, Elwood W. Leffler. Cello, 7/8 inch. Leffler
was the Socialist nominee for mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania in 1911. For
more information about this campaign, see our Buttons
& Ballots article.
PA-03. 60 After 60, Vote Socialist. Cello, 7/8 inch. Legislative candidates
in the Reading area backed a pension plan that would have given every state
resident $60 per month after age 60. This pin dates from the 1938 election
for the state legislature.
PA-04. 60 After 60. Cello, 7/8 inch. Similar to PA-03, but without the
words "Vote Socialist." Reading, Pennsylvania, 1938.
PA-05. Win With the Socialists. Cello, 7/8 inch, black on white. Reading,
Pennsylvania pin, circa 1930s. Used in Reading municipal campaigns. Voters
did indeed "win with the Socialists" in a number of municipal
elections.
PA-06. Win With the Socialists. Cello, 7/8 inch, red on white, text
on three lines. Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1930s.
PA-07. Win With the Socialists. Cello, 7/8 inch, red on white, text
on four lines. Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1930s.
PA-08. Win With the Socialists. Cello, 7/8 inch, green on white. Reading,
Pennsylvania, circa 1930s.
PA-09. Vote Socialist. Cello, 1.75 inch. Has Reading, Pa. union bug.
Produced by the Keystone Badge Company and used in Reading's municipal campaigns.
In some of these races the Socialist Party was victorious.
PA-10. Vote Socialist. Cello, 1.75 inch. Has Reading, Pa. union bug.
Produced by the Keystone Badge Company and used in Reading's municipal campaigns.
In some of these races the Socialist Party was victorious.
PA-11. J. Henry Stump, Mayor of Reading. Jasper McLevy, Mayor of Bridgeport.
Daniel W. Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee." 1935 cello trigate measuring 1.75
inches in diameter. Overall length of item is approximately 4.5 inches.
The three mayors are pictured, separately, with name and office given below
each portrait. Text in gold on the red ribbon reads: "Socialist Victory
Celebration, Reading, Pa., Nov. 1935." Backpaper of Keystone Badge
Co., Reading, Pennsylvania. In our numbering system this item also has numbers
assigned for Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. For a 1935 newspaper article that
mentions this pin, click
here. For a picture of this item that includes all of the ribbon, see
farther below.
