Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

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Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2011.70.15

Description

Round blue button with the light green inscription "DON HOOPER FOR Secretary of State 92". There are several horizontal lines running across the button.

Context

Made for the successful campaign of Democrat Don Hooper for Secretary of State in 1992. Hooper, of Brookfield, Vermont, had previously served four terms in the in the Vermont House of Representatives for four terms. He ran for re-election in 1994, but lost to Republican Jim Milne.

Acquisition

Accession

2011.70

Source or Donor

Milne, James F. (b. 1950)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1992

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

2-3/8 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hooper, Donald M. (b. 1945)

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America