Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

button

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2013.9.5

Description

Blue button with the inscription, "1-800-LEAHY '86", in white text. In small white text around the edge of the button where it is turned to the back are the words, "Paid for by Patrick Leahy for Senator".

Context

Produced for Senator Patrick Leahy's 1986 campaign. The number provided voters with information and the option to donate to the campaign via credit card.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.9

Source or Donor

Donovan, Paul J.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Valerie Ball, friend, activist, walker

Made/Created

Date made

1986

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

Diameter

1-5/8 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leahy, Patrick Joseph (b. 1940)

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America