Eisenhower I Like Ike For President Flashing Electric sign, ca. 1956
- Title:
- Eisenhower I Like Ike For President Flashing Electric sign, ca. 1956
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Manufacturer:
- Sykes Advertising
Amalgamated Lithographers of America (1882-1964)
- Political Figure:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D., American (1890-1969), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1956
- Election Date:
- 1956
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0350
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0350_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- Artifacts
Signs - Materials/Techniques:
- Plastic
Cardboard
Electric wiring
Printing - Subject:
- Signs
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Promotional materials
Politics
Symbols
Animals
Elephants
Republican Party
Voting - Measurement:
- 24.765 x 71.12 x 19.685 (Electric Sign) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Electric sign contains images of Republican elephants and LIKE in transparent plastic letters. Back of item has spaces for insertion of red, white, and blue lightbulbs
flashing mechanism sequentially lights up I in white, LIKE in blue, and IKE in red. Item manufactured by Sykes Advertising Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
contains Amalgamated Lithographers of America, Local No. 14, Philadelphia, union label. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the sign 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:
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