Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

1988.28.23

Description

Round white metal button with the black inscription, "ANDERSON of ILLINOIS for PRESIDENT". There are two wavy red stripes before the second line.

Context

Produced for the unsuccessful 1980 presidential campaign of John B. Anderson.

Acquisition

Accession

1988.28

Source or Donor

Elwert, Philip F. (1949-1988)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

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

Diameter

2-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Anderson, John Bayard (1922-2017)