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Advertising Button - Levy & Stearn, Cleveland, Ohio, Circa 1885

This advertising button for Levy & Stearn, a department store based in Cleveland, Ohio, dates to circa 1885. The front of the brass button features a design resembling the Ohio State Seal, depicting mountains with a rising sun, a sheaf of wheat, and a tree/bush within a shield. The back of the button is stamped with "LEVY & STEARN CLEVELAND OHIO" as a custom backmark, indicating its use for advertising by the business rather than as a manufacturer's mark. 3.

Associated People/Businesses

LEVY
STEARN

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

Advertising
Buttons
Ohio State Seal
Department stores
Cleveland (Ohio)
19th century
Uniform accessories

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 24