Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2011.70.4

Description

Round red button with the white inscription, "Bernie '92". In tiny white letters around under side of edge is the inscription, "SANDERS FOR CONGRESS BOX 391, BURLINGTON, VT 05402 DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS 203-455-9621"

Context

Made for Bernie Sanders' campaign for the US House of Representatives in 1992. In that election he defeated Republican Tim Philbin and Democrat Lewis Young.

Acquisition

Accession

2011.70

Source or Donor

Milne, James F. (b. 1950)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources

Date made

1992

Place

City

Hampton

State/Province

Connecticut

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

1-3/8 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sanders, Bernard (b. 1941)

Related Places

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America