Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

pin

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2012.50.23

Description

Round white button with safety clasp. At the very top of the pin is a waving American flag printed in blue. Underneath the flag, in the center of the pin, are the words "VERMONT / RIGHT / WITH REAGAN" in blue. At the very bottom in tiny print are the words "By Barbara Cummings, Springfield, Vt."

Context

Produced for the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan

Acquisition

Accession

2012.50

Source or Donor

Douglas, James H. (b. 1951)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Cummings, Barbara

Date made

1980

Place

Town

Springfield

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, 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

2-1/2 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reagan, Ronald Wilson (1911-2004)