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Object Name

Button, promotional

Title

promotional button

Maker

Whitehead & Hoag Co.

Subject

text

Button

Description

F / white button with blue letter "F"

Provenance

Donated by his son, RC Luke Mathiesen, Robert Charles Mathiesen, DDS, collected these buttons in his youth. Mathiesen graduated from Denver's North High School in 1941, then served in World War II as a dental technician on the island of Guam. After the war, he attended dental school and made a career as a dentist at the University of Denver's Student Health Service. In his free time, Mathiesen was a Methodist Preacher, 32nd-degree Mason, Shriner, and enjoyed fly fishing.

Inscription

Front: F ; Back: THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BUTTONS / BADGES, / NOVELTIES / AND SIGNS / ALLIED PRINTING / TRADE / UNION LABEL / COUNCIL / NEWARK / 3

Object ID

2023.60.872

History Colorado’s responsibility as a museum organization includes rectifying, reconciling, and uplifting underrepresented stories, objects, people, and places. Some of the materials in our collection reflect positions, norms, and values that are no longer—or never were—consistent with those of History Colorado (formerly the Colorado Historical Society) or its staff. We do not endorse prejudiced, stereotyped, or offensive material in our collection and actively work to place those items in context and with interpretation from our communities, as they are an important resource in the study of past and contemporary cultures. For more about how History Colorado does this work, see the History Colorado Anti-Racism Grounding Virtues statement.

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