Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2009.023.075
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1960
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, large, Richard Nixon, 1960. Plastic-covered paper on metal. White lettering on red at top: "DICK / NIXON". Black and white photo of Nixon. Black lettering on white at left: "FOR / PRESIDENT", with elephant head above and "1960" in red below. White printing on edge: "DES. BY EMRESS SPECIALTY CO. 716 B,WAY N.Y." Union bug on edge. Pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.25 Dia-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Creeley S. Buchanan (1917-2008) of Amherst, NH, who served as a state senator, 1965-1970. Donated by his widow.
- Credit Line:
- Buchanan-Spalding Collection, Gift of Rosamond Buchanan
- People:
- Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)
- Subjects:
- Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, Elephants
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