Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1643
Manufacturer
Bastian Brothers Company
Date1952
MediumMetal; Paint
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionLithograph pinback campaign button. Front features a red and blue background with white text set against a white image of the U.S. Capitol building.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1 × 0.813 × 0.188 in. (2.5 × 2.1 × 0.5 cm)Inscriptions"IKE / NIXON" on front of button.
MarksMaker's mark: "BASTIAN BROS CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.". A possible Allied Printing label printed on proper left side, an International Photo-engraver's Union label printed along top, and a Sheet Metal Workers' International Association label printed along proper right side.
Related person
General Dwight Eisenhower
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Richard Milhous Nixon
(1913 - 1994)
On View
Not on view
1952
1952
1952
Bastian Brothers Company
1938
