Folding tab button for Kennedy - Johnson 1960 presidential campaign

Object Details

Manufactured by: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004
Subject of: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963; President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973; Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911; International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, American, founded 1904

Description: A 1960 presidential campaign folding tab, metal button for John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. The button has red, white, and blue horizontal bands. The central white band has blue text that reads, [KENNEDY / and / JOHNSON]. Two (2), white five pointed stars are printed in the red and blue bands above and below the candidates’ names. The folding portion of the button is white and has the manufacturer’s information, union information and logos printed in blue. There are three union labels and the name of the manufacturer printed on the folding tab of the button. The back of the button is silver toned.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dorothy and Eugene Bryant

1960

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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