Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3783
Date:
1950-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 1 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
Two white pinback campaign buttons, one printed in red, the other in blue, both read "Justice Douglas For President". William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) was Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; Douglas never made a serious bid for the presidency although a grass roots movement supported the idea during the 1950's.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
