Browse Items (227 total)

  • Collection: UIS History Harvest 2016 - Political Memorabilia

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Political pins from national elections, mostly for Presidential races. Includes Kennedy, Reagan, and Nixon.

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Various Presidential and Illinois Gubernatorial campaign buttons dating from the 1940s - 2010 displayed in a large shadowbox

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Stickers that support the election of Gerald Ford for election as President of the United States. These stickers were a replacement for pins that other candidates used, and handed out to supporters at events.

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Pins from elections for President of the United States, FDR pin is a reproduction, other pins are originals.

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Pins from elections for President of the United States, Included are Goldwater, Johnson, and Nixon. FDR pin is a reproduction, other pins are originals.

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Two pins for national election, on to the House of Representatives, one to the Senate. US Senate pin is for Dick Durbin, still serving. House of Representative pin is for Stephens. Stephens resigned his office in 2011.

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Four pins, all for state level office in the state of Illinois. Three of them share Howlett as the candidate of record. Howlett held several state offices during his career, and ran a failed campaign for governor in 1976.

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Box with the seal of the President of the United States and the signature of BIll Clinton. Rear of box has an M&M holding the American Flag. The box held the candy originally. Box has been opened so it is currently empty.

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Photo of President John F. Kennedy, held in a transparent plastic holder. Date of manufacture, and photograph used are unknown. the use of the plastic object other than to hold the photo was unknown to the contributor as well.

Braun and Durbin Pins
Four pins, from the campaigns of Dick Durbin and Carol Mosley Braun. Both candidates were successfully elected to the US Senate from Illinois during the 1990s. Senator Durbin still serves the state today.
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