Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.2045
Manufacturer
Vari-Vue
Manufacturer
Pictorial Productions Inc.
Date1964
OriginMount Vernon, NY
MediumMetal; Ink; Paper; Celluloid
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular lenticulated campaign button with a horizontal, clasped pinback. When the button is tilted one way, there is a light blue background with a colored photo of a smiling man in the center. Blue text against a white background across the bottom of the button. When button is tilted the other way, there light blue background with a colorized image of a man facing proper right in the center. Light blue text across a white background across the bottom of the button. Backer is blue metal, with a white maker's mark printed on the back of the button, in the lower center section.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.5 x 0.375 in. (6.4 x 1 cm)InscriptionsWhen button is tilted one way, text reads "VOTE HUMPHREY".
When the button is tilted another way, text reads: "VOTE JOHNSON".
MarksMaker's mark on back reads: "VARI-VUE by / PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. / MT. VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A. / PAT. NO. 2,815,310".
Amalgamated Lithographers of America union label printed below this.
Related institution
Democratic Party
Related person
Lyndon B. Johnson
Related person
Hubert Humphrey
Related institution
Amalgamated Lithographers of America
On View
Not on view
1962
1962
1960
