Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

button

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2013.13.11

Description

Round white button with the inscription, "Evslin U.S. Senate". The first word is green, and the rest is white over a green strip.

Context

Made for the unsuccessful senatorial campaign of Tom Evslin in 1980. He came in third in the Republican primary. The winner, Stewart Ledbetter, lost to Democrat Patrick Leahy in the general election.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.13

Source or Donor

Toby Knox & Associates LLC.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1979 - 1980

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

2-1/8 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Evslin, Tom I. (b. 1943)