Packaging presidents : 200 years of campaigns & candidates / illustrated with selections from the Merrill C. Berman collection; essays by Frederick Voss, Rick Beard & Michael Cheney

Object Details

Author: Voss, Frederick; Beard, Rick; Cheney, Michael; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
Subject: Berman, Merrill C Art collections; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Catalogue of an exhibition of objects predominantly from the collection of Merrill C. Berman, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Springfield, Ill. from Feb. 5 to Nov. 30, 2008.
Contents: Foreword / Rick Beard -- Collecting America's political past: an interview with Merrill Berman / Frederick Voss -- Banners, buttons, and bandannas: remnants of campaigns past / Frederick Voss -- A new national pastime, 1828-1856 photo essay / Frederick Voss & Rick Beard -- Striking the pose on the campaign trail / Frederick Voss -- The rise of the rail splitter, 1860-1864 photo essay / Frederick Voss & Rick Beard -- They ran anyway: third party candidates / Frederick Voss -- The Republican hegemony, 1868-1908 photo essay / Frederick Voss & Rick Beard -- Vitriol for votes: slurs, smears, and dirty politics / Rick Beard -- An era of traditions spurned, 1912-1960 photo essay / Frederick Voss & Rick Beard -- The electronic candidate: debates and commercials / Michael Cheney

2008

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Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: Campaign paraphernalia; Political collectibles; Presidents--Election--History; Political campaigns--History; Presidential candidates--History