Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1994.059.22
- Creator:
- Green Duck Company
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1964
- Description:
- Presidential campaign lapel tab, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964. Circular metal tab with circular top extension. Blue and red text on white: "JOHNSON / FOR / PRESIDENT". Blue text on white on circular part of extension: "GREEN DUCK CO. CHICAGO", with three union bugs.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-1.65 Dia-1 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 was a campaign coordinator for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. 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
- Subjects:
- Presidential elections, Presidential candidates
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