Vintage ‘Tie The Bull Outside’ Enamel Badge

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Enamel button/badge from the 1940s with text ‘Tie the Bull Outside’ and image of a bull. Some slight wear to the surface D:3.5cm

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Description

The phrase ‘Tie the bull outside’ is an American slang phrase usually meaning ‘I do not believe you’. This button is likely a parody referencing a cartoonish bull paired with Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose political party of the early twentieth century. The button was created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in the years following the 1912 presidential election. Unlikely to have been worn during the presidential campaign by the opponents of Roosevelt, but instead in a more joking manner afterward. Fisher created multiple buttons using this phrase along with some of the ‘I’m the guy’ buttons found in Hassan Cigarette packages

Additional information

Weight 0.1 kg