Make a Union Button

Category
Additional Images
Sub Categories
Text on Button 38 Union Labels MAKE A UNION BUTTON ALL THE WAY Geraghty & Co. Chicago, Ill
Image Description

Black text on a white background with an outer American flag background

Back Style
The Shape
The Size
The Manufacturer
Additional Information

Geraghty & Company was a Chicago-based button manufacturer known for their campaign badges, buttons, and other advertising novelties. The company was founded in 1893 by John J. Geraghty, former mayor of Streator, IL, with Geraghty lauded as a pioneer manufacturer when he opened a larger button factory at 3035 W. Lake Street in Chicago in 1909. By the early 1920s, Geraghty & Co turned its focus to promoting labor organizations and "Buy American Products."

Sources

Chicago Tribune. (1929). J. J. Geraghty Funeral Will Be Held Today, p. 24. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

Catalog ID SR0112