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| | | | The picture shows a view of this Old Celluloid Tilton Community Chautauquas Advertising Pin Back Button. The pinback button is not dated but it is believed to be from the late 1800s or early 1900s. It pictures a red, white, and blue flag with nine stars. It is marked as follows: TILTON JULY 14 - 18
COMMUNITY CHAUTAUQUAS
FOR ''EVERYBODY - EVERYWHERE'' There is a paper insert in the back that reads as follows: THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
BUTTONS, BADGES, NOVELTIES AND SIGNS
NEWARK, N.J. The colorful pin back button measures 7/8'' wide. It is in excellent condition as pictured with only light surface wear. Below here is some additional information that was found: Chautauqua
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chautauqua is an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid 1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day. Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is quoted as saying that Chautauqua is ''the most American thing in America.'' History
The first Chautauqua, the New York Chautauqua Assembly, was organized in 1874 by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller at a campsite on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York State. Two years earlier, Vincent, editor of the Sunday School Journal, had begun to train Sunday school teachers in an outdoor summer school format. The gatherings grew in popularity. The organization founded by Vincent and Miller later became known as the Chautauqua Institution. The educational summer camp format proved to be a popular choice for families and was widely copied. Within a decade Chautauqua assemblies (or simply Chautauquas), named for the original location in New York State, sprang up in various locations across North America. The Chautauqua movement may be regarded as a successor to the Lyceum movement earlier in the 19th Century. As the Chautauqua assemblies began to compete for the best performers and lecturers, lyceum bureaus assisted with bookings. The original site in Chautauqua, New York, near Jamestown, has hosted such diverse speakers and performers as Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys and former vice president Al Gore. |
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