Ketchup bottle, George W. Bush, 2004
Object Details
- referenced
- Bush, George W.
- Description
- The 2004 presidential race was between the Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry, senator from Massachusetts. Because Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz, was related to the Heinz family who founded a food processing company, a group of New York City Republicans started their own ketchup company to avoid eating Heinz ketchup. Using a label picturing George Washington, W Ketchup was introduced in 2004 with the advertising slogan “You don’t support Democrats. Why should your Ketchup?” (Teresa Heinz was not a majority stakeholder in the Heinz Company.) The product was distributed through internet sales and no proceeds were contributed to political campaigns. The W Ketchup company ceased production in 2015.
- 2004
- ID Number
- 2004.0280.01
- accession number
- 2004.0280
- catalog number
- 2004.0280.01
- Object Name
- Bottle
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- red; white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 3 in x 1 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Political Campaigns
- Presidents
- related event
- Presidential Campaign of 2004
- Record ID
- nmah_1282718
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9f50-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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