Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Button, Political |
Catalog Number |
1987.27.123 |
Maker |
Geraghty & Co. |
Date |
1936 |
Material(s) |
Tinplate/Celluloid/Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
D-0.188 Dia-0.813 inches |
Description |
This is a circular political button, made by lithographic process, for Alf Landon and Frank Knox's 1936 presidential campaign. It has a black background with an image of a yellow sunflower. In the center of the sunflower reads, "LANDON / AND / KNOX", in yellow print. The back has a manufacturing label that reads, "GERAGHTY & COMPANY / 3035-37 W. LAKE ST. / CHICAGO, U.S.A.", in black print. There are three union labels also printed on the back. It has a stickpin located on the back. |
Notes |
Republican Alf Landon lost the 1936 presidential election to President Franklin Roosevelt. |
Collection |
Drexell R. Davis Collection |
Event |
1936 United States Presidential Election |
People |
Geraghty & Co. Knox, Frank Landon, Alfred |
Subjects |
Presidential elections Presidential candidates Presidents Campaigns, Political Elections Electioneering Political campaigns Political candidates Political elections Political parties Politicians Politics & government Sunflowers |
Search Terms |
Campaign buttons Campaigns, Presidential Elections Political button political campaigns political souvenirs Presidential campaigns Presidential election Presidential elections Presidential nominees Republican party Republican Ticket Republicans Chicago (Ill.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |