Collection Highlights
Important meeting of the African Civilization Society, at the Cooper Institute, Wednesday evening, March 7th, 1860, at eight o'clock
Date:
1860
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1860.48
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge
Object Number:
INV.6636.1
Date:
1968
Medium:
Cardboard, sequin, thread
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Handmade circular cardboard badge; on obverse: Yiddish script; sequins, pink thread; blue, green, pink, red, black and blue; on reverse: "Yiddish/Script/Humphrey/+/Muskie/1968; handwritten in blue ink.
Gallery Label:
Hubert H. Humphrey was a Democratic nominee in the 1968 Presidential primaries. He lost the general election to Richard M. Nixon.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
