Campaign Button

pin

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2011.70.12

Description

Round white button with a narrow green border. In the center of the pin is a color photograph of a man in an indigenous American feathered war bonnet. Around the top half of the image is the inscription "HOMER ST. FRANCIS" in red. Along the bottom of the image is the inscription "FOR GOVERNOR" in blue. The button is formed by two sheets of plastic sandwiching a round piece of paper.

Context

Made for the gubernatorial campaign of Homer St. Francis in 1990, but the Vermont Secretary of State doesn't list him as a candidate in any primary or the general election that year. In fact, he isn't listed as a candidate in any election in that state database.

Acquisition

Accession

2011.70

Source or Donor

Milne, James F. (b. 1950)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1990

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

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

2-1/2 in

Material

Plastic, Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

St. Francis, Homer (1935-2001)

Related Places

Place

Town

Swanton

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America