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Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Childe Hassam

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Button

Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
1952-1956
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description 
Circular metal pin-back campaign button "LIBERAL PARTY/STEVENSON/ROW C"; Liberty bell in center; white, blue and black.
Object Number 
Z.2254
Gallery Label 
Governer Adlai Ewing Stevenson III ran for President in 1952 and 1956. He lost both times to Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.