Button, Campaign

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Button, Campaign

Entry/Object ID

8389 mm.16

Description

Adlai Stevenson for U. S. President Campaign. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/4" diameter. Description: white enameled metal disk with blue print across front: "Adlai" under a blue photo of Adlai; reverse side: stick pin.

Context

Politics. Election. Adlai Stevenson campaign button. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900, July 14, 1965) was an American politician, noted for intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic party. He served one term as governor of Illinois and lost, by landslides, in two races for president against Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. He was Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961-65.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

January 15, 2007

Update Date

November 21, 2024