Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

1992.65.1

Description

White metal campaign button with blue and red letters that says "Bush" at the top and "Quayle" underneath with two red stripes and three blue stars in the middle between the names and a blue "92" at the bottom.

Context

Produced to promote the unsuccessful 1992 reelection campaign of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle for US President and Vice-President.

Acquisition

Accession

1992.65

Source or Donor

Carnahan, Paul A.

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

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

Diameter

1-1/4 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bush, George Herbert Walker (b. 1924)

Person or Organization

Quayle, James Danforth (b. 1947)