Badge
- Object Name:
- Badge
- Object ID:
- 1994.059.53
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Figure of a donkey (Democratic Party symbol). Cut from red leather. Enhanced with black ink. Donkey is rearing up on hind legs. White yarn tail. Hole at top of head, for hanging (perhaps worn by delegates at Democratic National Convention).
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- H-3.3 W-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 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:
- Donkeys
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