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Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Button
Object Number:
Z.3280ab
Date:
1972
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 18.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back campaign button attached to a membership card; button: "I BELONG/McGOVERN/MMM/MILLION-MEMBER CLUB/HOW ABOUT/YOU?"; white, red and blue; membership card: McGOVERN/MMM/MILLION MEMBER CLUB/HAS MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO McGOVERN-/FOR-PRESIDENT AND IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED/AS "ONE IN A MILLION/signiture of Gary Hart/CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR"; blue, white and red.
Gallery Label:
George McGovern was the Democratic nominee for President in 1972. He lost to Richard M. Nixon.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
