Campaign pin for Michael Dukakis in 1988, featuring past Democratic presidents
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Campaign pin for Michael Dukakis in 1988, featuring past Democratic presidents
Metal campaign pin for the Michael Dukakis campaign during the 1988 presidential election.Under the words "Democratic Integrity" there are six color portrait images of Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy in front of an American flag. The center image at the bottom is of Dukakis over the words "Dukakis in '88."The pin has a metal backing with a clasp pin. Text along the bottom edge reads: "(c)1988 Creative Photo Crafts, Toledo, OH 43605."
Campaign pin for Michael Dukakis in 1988, featuring past Democratic presidents
1988
Metal
Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2015.071.0001
President Lyndon Johnson recognized the power of the Kennedy legacy in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, and he used it to great political effect during the 1964 election. Virtually every Democratic presidential candidate since that time has included the image or the words of John F. Kennedy in their campaign materials, holding up the late president as a shining example of party leadership -- and also tapping into the unfulfilled hope and promise that Kennedy represents. Some candidates, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, have been specifically compared to John F. Kennedy in terms of their optimism and soaring rhetoric. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Campaign pin for Michael Dukakis in 1988, featuring past Democratic presidents
Metal campaign pin for the Michael Dukakis campaign during the 1988 presidential election.Under the words "Democratic Integrity" there are six color portrait images of Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy in front of an American flag. The center image at the bottom is of Dukakis over the words "Dukakis in '88."The pin has a metal backing with a clasp pin. Text along the bottom edge reads: "(c)1988 Creative Photo Crafts, Toledo, OH 43605."
Campaign pin for Michael Dukakis in 1988, featuring past Democratic presidents
1988
Presidential elections
Presidential campaign
Dukakis, Michael
Kennedy, John F.
Truman, Harry S.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Jefferson, Thomas
Jackson, Andrew
Democratic Party
Toledo
Metal
Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2015.071.0001
President Lyndon Johnson recognized the power of the Kennedy legacy in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, and he used it to great political effect during the 1964 election. Virtually every Democratic presidential candidate since that time has included the image or the words of John F. Kennedy in their campaign materials, holding up the late president as a shining example of party leadership -- and also tapping into the unfulfilled hope and promise that Kennedy represents. Some candidates, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, have been specifically compared to John F. Kennedy in terms of their optimism and soaring rhetoric. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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