Cleveland/Hendrix Campaign Pin
Object Details
- Description
- These novelty spectacles announce the wearer’s support for Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks 1884 campaign against Republican James G Blaine. In the 1880s industrialization and changes in consumer patterns meant a huge boom in the sheer number of campaign objects available for purchase, and these glasses – entirely useless but entertaining – offer an example of the growing combination of politics, popular culture, and consumption.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2015.0200.098
- accession number
- 2015.0200
- catalog number
- 2015.0200.098
- Object Name
- pin
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_1762361
