Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Eisenhower-White House Plastic Wallet, ca. 1956
- Title:
- Eisenhower-White House Plastic Wallet, ca. 1956
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D., American (1890-1969), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1956
- Election Date:
- 1956
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0337
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0337_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
photographs
wallets
- Materials/Techniques:
- Plastic
Photograph
Four-color process
Metal
- Subject:
- Wallets
Politics
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Promotional materials
White House, Washington, District of Columbia
American flags
Half figures
Portraits
Desks
Writing
Books
- Measurement:
- 8.5725 x 11.1125 (Wallet, folded) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Brown plastic wallet has a photographic Eisenhower portrait and a four-color image of the White House inserted into its outer panels. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the wallet to the 1956 Presidential campaign.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
