Sign
Sign
Sign

Sign

Object number2010.98.39
Manufacturer
Datec. 2003
OriginUnited States of America
MediumPlastic
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionDouble-sided plastic campaign sign. Three stripes in red and blue. On the first blue stripe is candidate last name printed in large white lettering. On the red stripe below the first blue stripe is other candidate name printed in somewhat smaller white lettering. On the blue stripe below the red is website address printed in white. The very bottom edge of the sign is white with various inscriptions printed in black, mostly relating to manufacture. The back of the sign is exactly the same as the front.Dimensions14 x 21.625 in. (35.6 x 54.9 cm)
InscriptionsBoth sides of the sign have the text:
"RENDELL" is printed in large white lettering.
"KNOLL" is printed in somewhat smaller white lettering.
"www.rendellforgovernor.com" is printed in white.
MarksThe bottom edge of the sign has text printed in black including:
"PCSIGNS.COM", with their logo and "800.472.3663" printed in the same vicinity.
"Paid For By Rendell for Governor".
Printed recycle symbol with a number 4 printed in the middle."Signs made from recyclable material. Please recycle. / MADE IN USA"
Another symbol with the letters "UFCW" printed inside.
The number "1099" is printed to the right of the symbol.
Historical NotesPlastic yard campaign sign used for the election of Ed Rendell and Catherine Baker Knoll as Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Catherine Baker Knoll held the Lieutenant Governor office from 2003 until her death in 2008. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.
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Previous owner (1930 - 2008)
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