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Pinback Corkscrew

–

Dr. Pierce

Copy on the badge is

“

R. V. Pierce M. D., Pres. World's Dispensary Medical Ass'n

”

.

On July 21, 1896 George B. Adams of

Irvington, New Jersey was granted U. S.

Patent No. 564,356 for a pinback button.

The patent was assigned to the

Whitehead & Hoag Company. Reader

Mark Woodard recently purchased a

pinback badge with a twist. He found it

in an online auction website of

Americana and Collectibles. The pinback

shown above has a corkscrew instead of

a straight pin. It is quite apparent that

this was a variant of the Adams patent

and most likely used by customers who

purchased Dr. Pierce's patent medicines

in corked bottles.

Courtesy of Mark

Woodward

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