Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2012.50.12

Description

Round button with a black-and-white photograph of a woman with short, curly white hair and large glasses. She is shown smiling, and is wearing pearl earrings, a white shirt, and a suit jacket. The inscription, "YOU CAN BET ON BETTY" rings the top edge in black letters.

Context

Produced for one of the Senate campaigns of Betty Ferraro in 1992 or 1994. Owned by Governor James Douglas.

Acquisition

Accession

2012.50

Source or Donor

Douglas, James H. (b. 1951)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1992 - 1994

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pin, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pin, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

1/4 in

Diameter

2-3/16 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ferraro, Betty

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America