Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Button, Political |
Catalog Number |
1987.27.129 |
Date |
1936 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Plastic/Tinplate/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-1.5 W-1.5 inches |
Description |
This is a celluloid-type pinback button with a straight pin enclosure. It is in support of Alfred Landon and Frank Knox. The button is surrounded by a brassy material shaped like sunflower petals. The button itself has a brown backgorund with gold imagery and brown text. There are two brown and white images of Landon (left) and Knox (right) which are below another image of a small gold sunflower and above a gold image of an elephant with the letters "GOP" on its 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 |
Edward W. Meredith Company Landon, Alfred Knox, Frank |
Subjects |
Campaigns, Political Elections People associated with politics & government Political campaigns Political candidates Political elections Politicians Politics & government Presidential candidates Presidential elections |
Search Terms |
Political button Politics Politics & government Political candidates political campaigns Button, Political Republican candidates Republican party Republican Ticket Republicans Presidential campaigns Presidential candidates Presidential election Presidential elections |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |