Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Poster, Political |
Catalog Number |
1986.88.202 |
Date |
1968 |
Material(s) |
Plastic |
Dimensions |
H-24.125 W-17.75 inches |
Description |
This thin plastic campaign poster has a red and blue background. At the top are black and white images of Ed Muskie (on the left) and Herbert Humphrey (on the right) superimposed over an image of the United States Capitol Building. In large white text over the blue section of the poster is printed "HUMPHREY / MUSKIE / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE." In the bottom left corner is a signature which reads "George Pollard '68." In the bottom right corner is a union trademark. |
Notes |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota. He also served as Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1945 to 1948. Humphrey was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election but lost to the Republican nominee, Richard Nixon. His running mate was Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie. Muskie was a Democratic politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980. He was also the Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. Muskie was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 1968 presidential election, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972. This object was donated on December 30, 1986 by Drexell R. Davis. Davis, a self-described "Yellow Dog" Democrat, held several elected positions in the Kentucky state government. His thirty-three years of public service prompted his interest in collecting political memorabilia. |
Collection |
Drexell R. Davis Collection |
Event |
1968 United States Presidential Election |
People |
Humphrey, Hubert H. Muskie, Edmund Sixtus "Ed", 1914-1996 Pollard, George |
Subjects |
Campaigns, Political Candidates, Political Candidates, Presidential Capitol buildings Elections Nominations, Political Nominations, Presidential Political campaigns Political candidates Political elections Political posters Presidential candidates Presidential elections Vice presidents Senators |
Search Terms |
Capitol building Democratic National Committee Democratic Party Democrats Maine Minnesota Poster Secretary Of State |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |