Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1810
Manufacturer
Pictorial Productions Inc.
Date1960
MediumPlastic; Paper; Metal
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal lenticular button with horizontal, clasped pinback. When tilted one way, the button has a dark background with sepia image of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with white text above and below image. When tilted another way, button features a light background with an image of Richard Nixon facing forward in the center, with dark text above and below image.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.5 × 0.375 in. (6.4 × 1 cm)InscriptionsFront of button reads: "EXPERIENCE COUNTS / VOTE NIXON-LODGE"
MarksMaker's mark "VARI-VUE by / PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. / MT. VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A. / PAT. NO. 2,815,310" printed in white on back. White Amalgamated Lithographers of American union label printed below this. "L-18" printed to the right of the logo.
Related person
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
(1902 - 1985)
Previous owner
Richard Milhous Nixon
(1913 - 1994)
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related institution
Amalgamated Lithographers of America
On View
Not on view
1960
1960
1962
1962
c. 1956
1960