Eisenhower-Nixon Campaign Buttons, ca. 1956
- Title:
- Eisenhower-Nixon Campaign Buttons, ca. 1956
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Distributor:
- Citizens for Eisenhower
Allied Printing Trades Council
Intnl. Photo Engravers' Union of North America (1900-1964)
Amalgamated Lithographers of America (1882-1964)
Emress Specialty Co.
Green Duck Company
- Political Figure:
- Nixon, Richard M., American (1913-1994), Vice-Presidential Candidate
Stevenson, Adlai E., American (1900-1965), Presidential Candidate
Eisenhower, Dwight D., American (1890-1969), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1956
- Election Date:
- 1956
- ID Number:
- 2214.BT0066a
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BT0066a.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- Buttons (Information artifacts)
Costume
Portraits - Materials/Techniques:
- Metal
Paper (fiber product)
Plastic
Halftone - Subject:
- Buttons (information artifacts)
Portraits
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Politics
Nixon, Richard M.
Promotional materials
Stevenson, Adlai E. (1900-1965)
Shoes
Poverty
Portraits
Busts
Officers (administrators)
Voting - Measurement:
- 27.94 x 21.59 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Donor Susan H. Douglas dates these buttons to the 1956 Presidential campaign. The Don't let this / happen to YOU! button makes reference to a famous 1952 photograph that shows a hole in the shoe of Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson while he is campaigning in Flint, Michigan.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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