Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1994.059.03
- Creator:
- Pictorial Productions, Inc.
- Place of Origin:
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Date:
- 1960
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, John F. Kennedy, 1960. Circular lenticular ("flasher") button, plastic and metal. Horizontally ribbed plastic front surface. Image 1: black and white photo of Kennedy above black text, "JOHN F. KENNEDY". Image 2: white text, "THE / MAN / FOR THE / 60's". Blue metal back and rim. White text on back: "VARI-VUE� by / PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. / MT. VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A. / PAT. NO. 2,815,310"; union bug below. Brass pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Bernard L. Boutin Collection of political and personal ephemera. Bernard L. Boutin (1923-2011) managed John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in New Hampshire. Kennedy appointed him as Administrator of the General Services Administration, 1961-64. He also served as Mayor of Laconia, 1955-59, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1958 and 1960.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bernard L. Boutin
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