Stassen Campaign Buttons and Tab, ca. 1948-1956
- Title:
- Stassen Campaign Buttons and Tab, ca. 1948-1956
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Manufacturer:
- Western Badge & Novelty Co.
Allied Printing Trades Council
Philadelphia Badge Co.
Intnl. Photo Engravers' Union of North America (1900-1964)
Wendells, Inc.
- Political Figure:
- Stassen, Harold Edward, American (1907-2001), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1948-1956
- Election Date:
- 1948
- ID Number:
- 2214.BT0053
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BT0053.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- Buttons (Information artifacts)
Costume
Tabs - Materials/Techniques:
- Metal
Paper (fiber product)
Plastic
Die cutting - Subject:
- Buttons (information artifacts)
Tabs
Stassen, Harold Edward
Politics
Promotional materials
Symbols
Animals
Elephants
Republican Party
Officers (administrators)
Stars
Eagles
Crosses
Veterans
Birds - Measurement:
- 27.94 x 21.59 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates most of these items to Harold Stassen's unsuccessful runs for the Republican Party Presidential nomination in 1948 and 1952. The STASSEN / STOP / HARASSIN' button appears to be an anti-Stassen piece
Susan Douglas dates this particular button to the 1956 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.