08-15-2017 08:43 AM
Can someone identify this Parker. The button is from around the 1960's - 1970's, but I can't figure out what he ran for. I have found nothing on Google to identify him. I found one pin just like mine, but the person doesn't give any details.
08-15-2017 09:32 AM
Do you happen to know the location of the other seller? If you're both from the same area then it could be a local figure.
08-15-2017 09:38 AM
08-15-2017 09:47 AM
@janetpjohn_la wrote:
I see a listing for Crawford Parker, running for governor of Indiana--don't know the outcome.
Janet
You are absolutely right.
08-15-2017 09:49 AM - edited 08-15-2017 09:50 AM
There's one on the other "E" site with this info:
"1960's Indiana Crawford Parker Political Campaign Button ...
With thanks to Janet for the hint.
08-19-2017 09:23 AM - edited 08-19-2017 09:24 AM
They are from an estate in Michigan, so he could be the Indiana govenor mentioned below.
08-19-2017 10:17 AM
@digitalmyths wrote:They are from an estate in Michigan, so he could be the Indiana govenor mentioned below.
Definitely Crawford Fairbanks Parker. Brief bio and some pictures, posted by his family, here:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9380588
He was Lieutenant Governor when I was in high school in Indianapolis, so I remember him.