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McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Button

McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Button - Button, Political
Accession #: 2962.757
Title: McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Button
Object Type: Button, Political
Participants:
Physical Description: Round, blue, pin-back button with an image of a dinner bucket or lunch pail on the center; on the bucket are the words: "Employment for Labor / A Full Dinner Bucket / Prosperity / Sound Money - Good Markets" and the gold backed images of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Description: Wearing a political button demonstrates allegiance to a candidate. Long after the election is over, these small badges can evoke strong memories - and capture the desires of political-memorabilia collectors. This museum's collection of almost 400 buttons represents more than a century of national and statewide elections, including a campaign button from the 1860s, one promoting Washington's first female governor, and another that reveals exasperation with the whole process: "Too Much Politics." Political buttons were sewn on until the mid-19th century, when many incorporated tiny photographs printed on metal. The round, modern forms typically have pins on the back, a style first used in McKinley's 1896 campaign for president. In 1900, McKinley and Roosevelt campaigned for U. S. President and Vice President under the slogan "4 Years More of the Full Dinner Pail." They distributed tin candle lanterns labeled with the slogan, as well as traditional lapel buttons marked "Employment for Labor / A Full Dinner Bucket / Prosperity / Sound Money - Good Markets."
Category: History
Related Objects:
2412.61 (Unknown, Lantern, McKinley and Roosevelt Campaign Lantern, 1900)
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Politics (Government)
Dimensions:
Diameter 7/8"
Materials/Techniques:
metal (Material)
Marks/Inscription:
EMPLOYMENT FOR LABOR/A FULL DINNER BUCKET/PROSPERITY/SOUND MONEY-GOOD MARKETS
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Transferred from the Fort Wright Historical Museum, 1983.

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