Click with Dick
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm)
Description:
Blue metal noisemaker, or clicker, printed in white on blue ground with image of Nixon in oval and inscribed: "CLICK/with/DICK."
Object Number:
Z.3407
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
58369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Win With Taft
Classification:
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Matchbook printed in red, white, blue; inscribed recto: "WIN WITH/TAFT" and "Close Cover Before Striking"; inscribed verso: "NEW YORK/CITIZENS FOR/TAFT/MU 8-2360"; Inscribed at bottom "Universal Match Corp., New York." Printed with Union label at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.6783
Gallery Label:
Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953), son of United States President William Howard Taft, continued his family's political dynasty, serving in the Ohio house of representatives and the state senate for three terms. He sought nomination as the Republican candidate for the 1940 presidential election but lost to Wendell Wilkie. This campaign matchbook was likely produced for the 1940 election, but may date to senate campaigns as early as 1921.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
58315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 1 11/16 in. ( 16.8 x 4.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular polychrome woven silk ribbon depicting uniformed bust-length portrait of Ulysses Grant with American eagle holding band inscribed: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"; shield with stars and striped encircled by wreath of oak and laurel with inscription beneath: "GENERAL GRANT/PRESIDENT."
Object Number:
z.2859.2
Marks:
Inscription: upper edge of ribbon, woven in black thread: "HORANDT & SONS MANUF. BALE"
Inscription: at llower right of portrait, woven in black: "S. LOTZ"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
58041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/16 x 1 9/16 in. ( 13.8 x 4 cm )
Description:
Woven white silk ribbon with multi-colored woven pattern consisting of text and pictorial images; bust-length portrait of Ulysses Grant at center with text in blue, purple and black: "RICHMOND/1865/Vicksburg/Fort Donelson" [above] and "GENERAL U.S. GRANT/"I will fight it out/on this line" [below]; beneath is American eagle in round medallion surrounded by American standards.
Object Number:
Z.2859.1
Marks:
Inscription: woven in black at lower back of ribbon: "COVENTRY. /T. STEVENS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
58040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.9
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57059
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign medal
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Description:
White metal medal with bas relief portrait of Thomas E. Dewey on recto and portrait of Earl Warren on verso.
Object Number:
INV.7382.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
57058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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