Let's Pull Together pin with Uncle Sam hanging Hitler

Object | Accession Number: 2015.224.9

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Let's Pull Together pin with Uncle Sam hanging Hitler

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Geography: manufacture : Chicago (Ill.)
Language: English
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Badges
Object Type: Pin-back buttons (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Zentman in memory of his grandparents, Max (Mordechai) and Johanna (Chana) Zentmann

Physical Description: Pin depicting Uncle Sam hanging Hitler, who moves by pulling the red string, with the text "Let's Pull Together."
Dimensions: overall : 1.750 diam. in. (4.445 diam. cm.)
Materials: overall : metal, plastic laminate, paper, ink
Markings: front : Let's Pull Together
Pat. applied for - Evans Novelty Co. Chicago
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The pin-back button was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michael D. Zentman.
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