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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign thimble: Coolidge and Dawes
Title
Campaign thimble: Coolidge and Dawes
Object name
Thimble
Date
1924
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Dimpled metal campaign thimble with blue-banded, raised inscription "COOLIDGE AND DAWES"
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Alice Hirsch
Object Number
1941.249
Marks
Inscription: raised relief inscription around body, near rim: "Coolidge and Dawes" in capital letters.
Gallery Label
This thimble was used to promote the presidential campaign of Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes in 1924.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
