Posted 3 years ago
dav2no1
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1960 Huck Hound For President Pin
This is a very small Pin.
QOUTE: "And a Huckleberry Hoooooooound dog howdy to ya!"
SIDEKICK: Ding-A-Ling Wolf
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND
Huck Hound is a Bluetick Coonhound.
September 29, 1958
"Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue anthropomorphic coonhound that speaks with a North Carolina Southern drawl. He first appeared in the series The Huckleberry Hound Show."
1960 - HUCK WINS AN EMMY!
"The cartoon was one of six TV shows to win an Emmy Award in 1960 as an "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming"; the first animated series to receive such an award."
THE GREEN DUCK COMPANY
"The Green Duck Company started in 1906 by George G. Greenburg and Henry J. Duckgeischel in Chicago, IL. The Green Duck Co. produced all sorts of advertising items including beer tap knobs, signs, buttons, and pinback style buttons for many years."
They were one of the country’s leading manufacturers of campaign buttons, along with many other small metal advertising novelties.
More history for The Green Duck Company
https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/green-duck-co/
Thanks for the link to the history of Green Duck, very interesting.
I learned a lot from a penny sized button!