Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Donkey-Elephant Display Base, ca. 1956
- Title:
- Donkey-Elephant Display Base, ca. 1956
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Date:
- ca. 1956
- Election Date:
- 1956
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0363
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0363.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Work Type:
- ephemera (general object genre)
political cartoons
Bases (Object components)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Plastic
- Subject:
- Bases (Object components)
Political cartoons
Republican Party
Politics
Promotional materials
Democratic Party
Political parties
Fighting
Voting
Symbols
Animals
Donkeys
Elephants
Stars
Caricatures
- Measurement:
- 24.13 x 30.48 (Plastic Sheet) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Item donor Susan H. Douglas's notes indicate that this plastic sheet originally was the base of a three-dimensional display
sponge rubber donkey and elephant figurines were affixed to its top. The figurines had decayed sufficiently so that they were discarded by Cornell University in 1975. Susan Douglas dates the item 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.
