Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back campaign button
Object Number:
2001.206
Date:
1993
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "Paid for by Giuliani for New York" and "N. G. Slater Corp. NYC"
Description:
Circular metal pin-back campaign button inscribed "RUDY/ GIULIANI/ for/ MAYOR" in red and white stripes.
Gallery Label:
Rudolph W. Giuliani (b. 1944), popularly known as Rudy, served as Mayor of New York City from 1993 to 2001. In 1993, he waged a vigorous campaign in which he criticized Mayor David Dinkins for an indifferent approach to managing the city and pledged to reduce business taxes, assume a tougher stance on crime, and privatize some city services. He defeated Dinkins to become the city's first Republican mayor in twenty-eight years.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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