Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign

Button, Campaign

Object number72.68.2
Date1860s
MediumMetal; Paper; Cloth
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionCampaign button featuring Abraham Lincoln portrait with name printed overhead on one side and running mate Hannibal Hamlin portrait with name on reverse. Metal center with purple velvet cloth around edges with braided string eyehook at top.DimensionsDiameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Inscriptions"Abraham Lincoln" printed above image on obverse side.

"Hannibal Hamlin" printed above image on reverse side.
Historical NotesThis button is from the 1860 Presidential Campaign. Hamlin was the vice-presidential candidate.
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