Object Details
- Description
- This painted cast iron elephant uses the 1936 Republican presidential candidate’s name as a pun. It offered the hope that Alf Landon would “land on” and defeat President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the incumbent. He did not. Roosevelt, a Democrat, was re-elected to his second term in a landslide.
- 1936
- ID Number
- 2015.0200.107
- catalog number
- 2015.0200.107
- accession number
- 2015.0200
- Object Name
- gimmick
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 13.335 cm x 6.985 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_1762377
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cd62-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
