Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

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Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2009.9

Description

Round button printed red on the top and blue on the bottom with a white map of the contiguous United States. A red line is across the map, labeled with the words, "LINCOLN TOUR". Flanking the map at top and bottom are the words, "COOLIDGE / DAWES".

Context

The Lincoln Tour was a long, 1924 campaign parade starting in Plymouth, Vermont, then following the Lincoln Highway across the country.

Acquisition

Accession

2009.9

Source or Donor

Carnahan, John H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Pioneer Badge Supply Company, Inc.

Date made

1924

Place

City

Arlington

State/Province

New Jersey

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

Depth

3/16 in

Diameter

7/8 in

Material

Metal, Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dawes, Charles G. (1865 – 1951)

Person or Organization

Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)