Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.2047
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 an off-white background with a black and white image of a man facing forward, with black text below button. When button is tilted the other way, there is a black background with a black and white image of a man facing proper right in the center, with off-white text below this. 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)InscriptionsText when button is tilted either way reads: "VOTE GOLDWATER - MILLER"
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
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related person
Barry Goldwater
Related person
William E. Miller
Related institution
Amalgamated Lithographers of America
On View
Not on view
1960
1962
1962