Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1994.059.43
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Presidential campaign lapel tab, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver, 1956. Shield-shaped metal tab with circular top extension. White text on blue: "STEVENSON / KEFAUVER"; red and white vertical stripes below. Two blue union bugs on white on circular part of extension:
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-1.4 W-0.75 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), Stevenson, Adlai II (1900-1965), Kefauver, Estes (1903-1963)
- Subjects:
- Presidential elections, Presidential candidates
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