Button, Campaign
Object number2018.39.14
Date1988
OriginToledo, OH
MediumPlastic; Paper; Ink; Metal
Credit LineGift of Brian Butko
DescriptionCircular presidential campaign button. Front has paper background with background that is white on the top three-quarters and blue on the bottom quarter. Front white field has American flag surmounted by five presidential bust portraits captioned with blue last name. Front top center has red text, bottom center has bust portrait of candidate, and bottom center has white campaign message above union label. Button has clear plastic cover. Paper background and plastic cover are crimped around the perimeter. Shiny silver metal backer with horizontal pinback just above center.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.438 x 0.375 in. (8.7 x 1 cm)InscriptionsFront has red text at top center "DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY"
Front has blue text below each presidential portrait, clockwise from viewer's top left: "JEFFERSON", "JACKSON", "ROOSEVELT", "KENNEDY", and "TRUMAN"
Front has white text at bottom center "DUKAKIS / IN '88".
MarksFront has white union label at bottom center with black text "ALLIED PRINTED / TRADES / UNION / LABEL / COUNCIL / 34 / TOLEDO O."
Historical NotesPart of a collection of political memorabilia related to Andrew Butko's involvement in national, state, and local Democratic Party politics.
Related institution
Democratic Party
Previous owner
Andrew Butko
(1921 - 1991)
Related person
Michael Stanley Dukakis
(born 1933)
Related institution
Allied Printing
Related person
Thomas Jefferson
(1743 - 1826)
Related person
Andrew Jackson
(1767 - 1845)
Related person
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(1882 - 1945)
Related person
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(1917 - 1963)
Related person
Harry S. Truman
(1884 - 1972)
On View
Not on view
1988
1988
1991-1992
1990-2008
1967-1975