Button, Campaign

Object Name:

Button, Campaign

Object ID:

2003.019.51

Creator:

Pictorial Productions, Inc. -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Mount Vernon, NY

Date:

1960

Description:

Presidential campaign pin button, Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1960. Circular blue metal back, plastic insert, lenticular ribbed plastic cover, pin with clasp on back. Black and white image in center shows Nixon when held one way and Lodge when moved. Lettering around images: "EXPERIENCE COUNTS / VOTE NIXON-LODGE". White union bug lettering on back: "VARI-VUE [trademark symbol] BY / PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. / MT. VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A. / PAT. NO. 2,815,310."

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

Dia-2.5 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard Cummings

People:

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. (1902-1985), Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)

Subjects:

Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, Political campaigns, Nixon, Richard, Lodge, Henry Cabot