Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

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Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2012.50.24

Description

Round button with two layers of green mountains and a dark blue sky. It has the inscription "Vermont BUSH COUNTRY" in white along with a small, white eight-pointed star and a white falling leaf.

Context

This was the official button for the Vermont delegation to the Republican National Convention in 1992, at which George H. W. Bush, vice president under President Ronald Reagan and president as of 1988, received the party's nomination (for reelection).

Acquisition

Accession

2012.50

Source or Donor

Douglas, James H. (b. 1951)

Acquisition Method

Gift

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

2-3/16 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bush, George Herbert Walker (b. 1924)