Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3809
Date:
1952
Medium:
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
Two pinback campaign buttons each with a central photograph of Dwight David Eisenhower encircled by the words in red and white "Draft Eisenhower/ For President". Dwight David Eisenhower, "Ike", (1890-1969) -- Republican; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; President of the United States, 1953-61; President of Columbia University 1948-53; and from 1971 to 1978, his portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
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