Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
Z.2646
Date:
1928
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Pin-back campaign button; depicts image of Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis; inscribed "HOOVER/AND/CURTIS"; reverse inscribed "BASTIAN BROS. CO./ROCHESTER, N.Y."
Gallery Label:
Herbert Hoover and his running mate Charles Curtis won the presidential election of 1928.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
