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Pinback Buttons & Premium Items

Collection of miscellaneous Pinback Buttons , Premium & Promotional  Items, Send Away Offers, etc.  Political, Advertising, and other topic specific pinbacks will be found in other categories, such as Political/Historical, Advertising, Characters & Comic, etc.....

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1931 Marble Tournament pinback button, featuring the winner, Earl Follete, State Champion. Sponsored annually by the Harrisburg Telegraph. This was the ninth annual tournament. A little under 2" in diameter. Back side still has The Whitehead Hoag Co. paper insert. Rare ! (note,I have one duplicate of this pinback below)

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Hopalong Cassidy Savings Rodeo "Bulldogger" pinback. Copyrighted 1950 by William Boyd.

S43

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Melvin Purvis Junior G-Man metal pinback button. 1.5" in height.

S43

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Deputy Sheriff tin "Official Sheriff"  badge on paper card. Made in Japan, 1960s  3.25" in diameter.
 
S43

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Junior Forest Ranger pinback metal badge, with Smokey Bear's mug on the front.

S43

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Hopalong Cassidy Savings Rodeo pinback button. Copyrighted 1950 William Boyd.

S43

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Two W.Steig pinback buttons . Bernad creations, Yonkers, N.Y. 1970s.



S#18

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Penfield Sesquicentennial 1810-1960, July 7-9. "Shaving Permit" pinback button. 2.25" diameter.



S#18

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Captain Midnight Ovaltine Shake-Up Mug. Very good condition. No cracks.

S51

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Captain Midnight Ovaltine Mug. Strong litho, no cracks.

S51

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Batman "Pow" pinback. 1" in diameter.  Dated: N.P.P. Inc., 1966 on it's side.
S43

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Junior Fire Marshall Ring, Hartford Insurance.

S43

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Mickey Mouse Globe Trotters Member. 1.25" diameter original celluloid pinback; "Eat Freihofer's Perfect Loaf"  Freihofer's bread promo. Paper insert on the back reads: Walt Disney Enterprises, (with small likeness of Mickey), Kay Kamen, Ltd., Sole Representative, 1270 Sixth Ave. New York. Excellent condition.

S38

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Paladin plastic premium ring. Very good condition.

S38

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Howdy Doody, Colgate Dental Cream, small standee ad figure. 7" in height.

P1

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Howdy Doody Ovaltine Shake-Up Mug fold out adverting piece. Cartoon on the inside fold out.

P1

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Original Green Hornet Adventure Club pin from the 1940s. "A New Universal Picture" in small print underneath the main image.  1.25" in diameter.

S38

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Large pinback button associated with the 1966 TV show. 4" in diameter. 1966 Greenway productions printed on the side. Excellent condition.

S38

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Captain Midnight's SS Secret Decoder, 1949. Measures: 2" in length. Very good condition.

S41

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Two Mattel Hot Wheels metal buttons. One has it's metal foldback broken off and missing. Both dated 1967. Ford J Car and Custom Firebird.

S43

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Hopalong Cassidy's Saving Rodeo "Wrangler" pinback button. Copyright 1950 William Boyd.

S43

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President's Cup Regatta, 1957 Contestant pinback. Measures: 1 5/8" in diameter.

S43

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I Met The Pet pinback button, A little over 2" diameter. Probable giveaway from a Penthouse Magazine promotion featuring the Pet of the Month. ca. 1970s/80s.  For the record, if my wife reads this....I never personally met the Pet.

S38

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1931 Marble Tournament pinback button, featuring the winner, Earl Follete, State Champion. Sponsored annually by the Harrisburg Telegraph. This was the ninth annual tournament. A little under 2" in diameter. Back side still has The Whitehead Hoag Co. paper insert. Rare !  

S38

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I Had Fun At Samuel Gompers Lodge Kiddies Day 1962 pinback button. 3.5" diameter.



S#18

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Seven Original early 1970s anti-war and Peace pinback buttons. A couple of them have some foxing on the front of the buttons.

S#16

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New York State 1941 Hunting License pinback button. 1.75" in diameter. Very good condition.

S38

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1930 Marble Tournament pinback button, featuring the winner, Curtis Banks, State Champion. Sponsored annually by the Harrisburg Telegraph. This was the eighth annual tournament. A little under 2" in diameter. Back side still has The Whitehead Hoag Co, Newark, New Jersey paper insert. Rare !  

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101st Cavalry "Fighting Blue Devils" Nabisco Shredded Wheat Junior premium toy. Measures approx. 1.5" in diameter.

S38

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Special Police 711 star pinback. Made by Tootsietoy in the USA. Approx. 2.5" in diameter.

S38

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Two original Hopalong Cassidy Savings Rodeo pinback buttons, Tenderfoot and Bulldogger. Very good shape.

S38

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Two: Harrisburg Telegraph 1932 Marble Champion, the 11th Marble Tournament. Both have The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Badge,Novelties,and Signs paper insert on the back sides.

S38

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Pick Temple "Heidi Pardner Ranch Hand" pinback button.  1.24" diameter. Local Washington DC 1950s TV show.

S38

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Arlington Police Safety Club pinback button. 1.25" in diameter.

S38

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Hartford Insurance Co., Junior Fire Marshall pinback badge. Approx. 2" in height. With some tarnish.

S41

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Old British Show Jumping Association pinback. Pattorini & Sons, Bradford Works, Birmingham. 1" diameter.

S41

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Burger Chef promo clip on button featuring Jeff. Plastic.

S41

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Ivory Soap 100th Year. Dividend Day 1979, celluloid pinback with Yogi Bear, Measures: 2 1/8" in diameter.

S41

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Howard The Duck "Get Down America" pinback. Vote Howard The Duck in "'76. A little over 2" in diameter. Excellent condition.

S41

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Double R-Bar Rodeo tin pin. Post's Raisin Bran premium item.
 
S41

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Bordens: Uncle Don's Ice Cream Club tin pinback. Original M. Pudlin Co., NYC paper insert inside the pin. (Quanity 2)

S41 & S50

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Modern Crusader~Clean Up & Paint Up tin pinback. Marked on the backside the Green Duck Co., Chicago, and patented 1917.

S41

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Radio Orphan Annie's Secret Society booklet from 1937. 10 pages in length, unmarked. All the info on listening to Orphan Annie on radio, how to use decoder, etc. Very clean.

P1

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Lot of three celluloid  photo pinback buttons from the late 1800s. Two are identical and feature a family; marked on the pack Pin Lock button, and Patd date of 1898. The other smaller button is marked Indianapolis Photo Button Mfg. Co.

S58

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Two Movie Promo pins:  Terminator T2 glow in the dark pin. 2 1/8" in diameter. Marked Carolco Pictures. Schwarzenegger vs. Predator Pinback. Marked:  1987 Twentieth Century Fox Corp. 2 1/8" in diameter

S41

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Old Green Sox pinback, circa 1940s-50s

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P&G Dividend Day 1980. "Share The Good Times" pinback.  Features Fred Flintstone and Huckleberry Hound.

S43

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I Go Pogo pinback. Copyright 1952, Walt Kelly.

S43

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Commander Salamander pinback. Vintage 80s pinback from the fashionable Georgetown, Washington D.C. clothing store. Diameter: 1.5"
S43

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Howdy Doody Ovaltine premium mug. Excellent condition, with strong decal.

S51

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Two pinback celebrating the release of the US hostages held in Iran, which were released on inauguration day, Jan. 20, 1981.

S46

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Two early 1970s  Stuyvesant High School (NY) pinbacks.

S46

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Old Audubon Society pinback. 3/4" diameter.

S46

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No IZOD pinback button.
 
S46

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Goodyear Battery Service, Altoona, Pa.  pinback. Measures: 1.25" diameter.

S46

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Numerous Pinback Lot:  Boynton Christmas ; Spock Lives; I Was A Gorp; and more.
 
S46

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DCA, Eastern Airlines, and KLM Airlines pinbacks.

S46

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Lot of 5 Pinbacks: UVA Easters '83 Banned pin; I Rode The Lochness Monster, Busch Gardens,Williamsburg; Commander Salamander Street Gang, Big Mac "Two All Beef..etc,etc" ; and Pete Smith's Surfshop, Va Beach pinback.

S46

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Lot 4 Pinbacks: Hurrah for Jalsburg Cheese; Snoopy-Homework Builds Appetites; Rheinlander Beer; Ask about 1/2 price Dessert...

S46

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Lot of 4 Pinbacks: Library of Congress 1800-2000; 500 Years of Korean Art; American as Art NCFA;  Philadelphia Museum of Art.
S46

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Fairfax County "Crime Biter" Police Dept.  plastic pinback.

S50

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Howdy Doody/Poll Parrot shoes coloring book. 1950.  One page slightly colored.
 
P1

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Lot: 4 Pinbacks~1. Nat'l Air & Space Museum 5th Anniversary Pinback 1981; 2. Nat'l Air & Space Museum Flying Tiger pinback; 3. Berling Exhibit Wash. DC, Feb. 1982; 4. Nat'l Aquarium in Baltimore.

S56

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Be Mindful brooch/pinback
 
S75.

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Member Son's Of Business Society pinback button.

S55

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Lot: White House pinback, U.S.F. Constellation, Baltimore Maryland; National Aquarium in Baltimore; and I Love DC pinback buttons.

S55

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Porky Pig promo comic book  from Hahn's Shoes. Warner Bros., 1959. Excellent condition.
P1

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Buster Brown Shoes shoe store coloring book promo. Dated 1958. Couple of colored pages.

P1

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Lot: Speedo; Gimme A Double; Kiss Me I'm Irish; Bicentennial '76 pinback buttons.

S55

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Old early 70s Archie Bunker for President pinback.

S55

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Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus  125th Anniversary~Congressional Salute, April 3, 1993. 3" in diameter.

S55

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Nat'l Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws pinback button, 1.25" in diameter.

S55

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Lot: 3 Cracker Jack Toys.

S56

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Lot of 4 pinbacks: Michelob Light offshore racing: Garfield Take me to you leader...; Milberger Turf Farms; Oregon Fine Ales pinback buttons.

S56

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Blue Sox, Centerfield pinback button and old Michigan State Spartans pinback button ; 3/4" and 1" diameters.

S58

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Old State University of Iowa, Iowa City pinback.  3/4" in diameter.
 
S58

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Kaiserslauten Ski Club, Germany metal pinback.  3/4" in diameter.

S58

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Oscar Mayer plastic whistle.

S58

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Hopalong  Cassidy  8x10 premium photo with printed signature and greeting. Dated  1950. Two of this item.

S92

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Roy Rogers Restaurants giveaway promo paper hats.  Circa. late 1970s.

P1

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McDonald Big Mac unpunched stencil. Dated 1973.  Approx. 6" in length.

P1

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Yankton College Pioneer Day, Oct. 11, 1958.  2 1/8" in diameter.

S66

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Lot: Four pinbacks.  Univ. of Charleston 1888-1988;  WMZQ Rabbit Tracks pinback; National Cherry Blossom festival; Rail Fair '94  Copeland Park, La Crosse, Wis. pinback.

S67

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Lot of four pinbacks: Shakey's Inspector; McDonalds; Pac-Man Master Monster Muncher; Flame On pinback buttons.

S67

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Lot: 2 pinbacks Molson and other pinback.

S67

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Cornell '19 pinback button

S67

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Lot: Alvin Ailey pinback and Les Miserable pinback

S67

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Virus, the movie with Jamie Lee Curtis and William Baldwin pinback button, 1998.

S67

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Frito Bandito pencil eraser. Dated 1968. Very good condition.
 
S70

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Pogo Possum figure, from the Walt Kelly comic strip. Item dated 1969, and offered with P&G products as a premium. A few of the other figures are in the character category.
 
S70

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Free At Last pinback button, January 20, 1981 celebrating release of hostages held in Iran. 3.5" in width. US made.
 
 

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Old Junior G-Man token or charm. Made of plastic, very small.

S75

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Love, USPS  22 cent pin back button.
 
S75

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Playground Athletic Association bronze pinback button. Approx. 3/4 " in diameter, ca. 1920.

S75

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Bob Atcher, Chicago area 1950s singing cowboy and later politician, 8"x10" promo pic. See Bob on the Meadow Gold Ranch, on WGN on Sundays. Printed signature.

P3

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8"x10" Premium from County Fair Bread, featuring the Cisco Kid, Duncan Reynolds.Printed signatures of both Reynolds and his horse Diablo. Also, signed  in pen "To Mike, Cisco"
 
P3 

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Nine pinback buttons from Georgetown, Washington DC iconic clothing store Commander Salamander, some duplicates. From the 1980s.
 
S98

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Volunteer Fireman toy tin badge.

S98

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Cypress Gardens, Florida pinback button. Ca. 1960s.  2.25" in diameter.
 
S76
 
 

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Official Green Hornet pinback button. 4" in diameter. 1966.  Scratching to front and back.
 
S76

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Rin Tin Tin pinback button. Dated '55 by Screen Gems on the side. Very good condition.
 
S76
 

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Pick Temple Lot~Original Mailer, Pick Temple Ranger Membership Card and other paper inserts. Local Washington DC TV show with Western Themes ran on ABC from 1948-1961. Membership card is unsigned. 
 
 
P3

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Yogi Bear ring. Made in Hong Kong.
 
S90

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Huge metal ring, Premium/souvenir item, raised letters: Johan Petursson, the " Tallest Man On Earth"  Measures: 1.5" in diameter. Known as the Viking Giant, he was purportedly the world's tallest man for a period of time, and he briefly worked for Ringling Bros. in the late 40s, early 50s, then moved to work with Glen Porter sideshows. Item is circa 1950s.
 
S90

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1970s  FOOM membership cards. Signed on the back. (Friend Of Old Marvel) Marvel Comics. Stan Lee printed signature on the reverse. Wear and rubs to the front of the card.
 
P3

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Back of a Post cereal box, with Mighty Mouse cut-out toy. Circa 1959.
 
P5

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Cheerios Fort Apache cut out toy from back of a cereal box. Circa late 1950s, in conjuction with Rin Tin Tin TV show. Build's part of the Fort Apache, as pictured.

P5

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3 Sweet Caporal Cigarette pinbacks featuring prominent actresses of the day. Made by Whitehead & Hoag Co., Pat. 1896. Eleanor May;Charlotte Tittel; Ada Rehan 

S92

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Vintage 1950s Lone Ranger Ink Blotter. Excellent condition.
 
P5

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Lone Ranger Promo Card, 1950s. Approx. size of a Post Card.
 
P5

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Philips Cycles pinback. UK based bicycle maker. Pin circa 1950s. Very good condition.
 
S95

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United Airlines lot of 3 Future Stewardess plastic wings pinbacks.
 
S95

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Three Cracker Jack plastic whistles, all slightly different.
 
S95

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Frontier Town, NY, Deputy Sherrif tin badge.
 
S96

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Creem Magazine pinbacks. Not old, from the WWW days of Creem Media, but hard to find.
 
S69

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Two Archie Bunker for President pinback buttons, dated 1972.
 
S97

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Vintage 1950s Sophie Tucker for President pinback buttons. 1.25" in diameter.  S98

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Lakeland Shuffleboard Club 1950-51 celluloid pinback button, 1" in diamter.

S98

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Jimmie Allen Flying Cadet metal pin premium. From 1930s radio show. Missing back pin.

S98

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