Cornell University Library Digital Collections

Dewey-Bricker Campaign Buttons, ca. 1944

Title:
Dewey-Bricker Campaign Buttons, ca. 1944
Collection:
Political Americana
Creator:
Intnl. Photo Engravers' Union of North America (1900-1964)
Allied Printing Trades Council
Pat Gogerty Displays
Sanders-Chamberlin
Date:
ca. 1944
Identifier:
2214.BT0039a
Election:
1944
Political Figure:
Dewey, Thomas E., American (1902-1971), Presidential Candidate
Bricker, John W., American (1893-1986), Vice-Presidential Candidate
Political Party:
Republican
Culture:
American
Work Type:
costume by form
portraits
tabs
Buttons (Information artifacts)
Materials/Techniques:
Metal
Paper (fiber product)
Plastic
Halftone
Subject:
Buttons (information artifacts)
Portraits
Tabs
Bricker, John W.
Promotional materials
Dewey, Thomas E.
Politics
Stars
Portraits
Busts
Symbols
Animals
Eagles
Religion
Birds
Republican
Dewey, Thomas E., American (1902-1971), Presidential Candidate
Bricker, John W., American (1893-1986), Vice-Presidential Candidate
Extent:
27.94 x 21.59 (Mount)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.

About the collection

"The collection consists of published material, ephemera, and artifacts dating to between 1800 and 1976, including ballots and slates of candidates; promotional broadsides, handbills, and posters; political cartoons (primarily from Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Puck); lithographs and prints (primarily by Kellogg, N. Currier, and Currier & Ives); pamphlets, leaflets, and brochures; songbooks and sheet music; badges, pins, ferrotypes and celluloid buttons; campaign ribbons; parade equipment such as lanterns, torches, banners, and walking sticks; bandanas and other textiles; and souvenirs of all kinds including plates, cups, vases, trays, bottles, sewing boxes, and games."