Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
INV.6951
Date:
1928
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Pin-back campaign button; inscribed "SMITH/FOR/PRESIDENT"; reverse printed on paper "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./BUTTONS/BADGES/NOVELITES/AND SIGNS/NEWARK, N.J."
Gallery Label:
Al Smith ran in the presidential election of 1928 but lost to Herbert Hoover.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
