Anderson Americana Auction #183

Lot #38:

Weeks and Coolidge Rare Massachusetts Pin

This celluloid pin is from 1918, two years before Calvin Coolidge was elected vice president. It’s a 7/8 inch celluloid that pictures Coolidge with John W. Weeks. Coolidge was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1918 while Weeks lost a race for the U.S. Senate to David Walsh. Weeks went on to serve as U.S. secretary of war from 1912-1925 under Warren Harding and Coolidge. Pin has an Armen Co. of Boston back paper and is in excellent condition.