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First Socialist Congressman Victor L. Berger Button Pin "Free Tom Mooney" Labor
$ 2.24
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Description
Historic 7/8" shows MilwaukeeSocialist Congressman Victor L. Berger
from 5th District elected to first of numerous terms in 1910. Button just thereafter.
Historical Memorabilia - Political US.
Tom Mooney
was an American political activist and
labor leader
, who was convicted with
Warren K. Billings
of the
San Francisco
Preparedness Day Bombing
of 1916.
It
quickly became apparent that Mooney and Billings had been convicted based on falsified evidence and perjured testimony and the Mooney case and campaigns to free him became an international cause for two decades. Mooney served 22 years in prison before finally being pardoned in 1939.
Both In
good condition. Union bug visible on 7/8" Tom Mooney button. Some typical light surface wear - see pictures for full details.
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