Miles Poindexter: "No Red Without The White and Blue" Anti-Communist pinback (1920)

Pinback button promoting Miles Poindexter for president, 1920. Bastian Bros. Co., Rochester, NY. Poindexter was a Washington senator. A Progressive, he ran unsuccessfully in the primaries for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. At the time, the Red Scare was fresh in the minds of voters, and his campaign played off these largely exaggerated fears. A scarce hopeful button. Pristine example.