Card, Admittance
- Object Name:
- Card, Admittance
- Object ID:
- 1994.059.39
- Date:
- 1968
- Description:
- Entrance card, Democratic National Convention, 1968. Used by Bernard L. Boutin. Paper-covered plastic. Vertical rectangle. Blue background. Obverse: red text on white, "DELEGATE / THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL / CONVENTION / CHICAGO / ILLINOIS"; number "3813" in black; star and five Chicago scenes in blue; blue text on white at bottom, "INSERT THIS / STAR END / AS DIRECTED", with two blue stars. Reverse: red text on white, "DELEGATE / FLOOR / GOOD ONLY ON / MONDAY / AUGUST 26, 1968 / ENTER EXIT / 'DELEGATE' / DOOR"; blue text on white, "Patent Pending" and union bug; blue text on white at bottom, "INSERT THIS / ARROW END / AS DIRECTED", with two blue arrows. Hole at top.
- Material:
- Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- W-2.1 L-3.4 D-0.05 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
- People:
- Boutin, Bernard L. (1923-2011)
- Subjects:
- Political conventions
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