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M-322: Dr. Allen B. and Helen S. Shopmaker American Political Collection
The Shopmaker Collection contains over three thousand items ranging from a George Washington token dated 1789 to buttons and textiles endorsing candidates in the 2008 election. The variety of objects reflects the changing tastes of the American public and the available production technologies, ranging from 19th century brass jewelry and clothing buttons embossed with candidate's names and party symbols to today's modern, mass-produced buttons, and from porcelain plates embellished with a portrait of First Lady Helen Taft to Nancy Reagan paper dolls. With artifacts representing nearly every American election, the Shopmaker Collection provides the viewer with a broad look at how candidates have used images, slogans and symbols to woo the public, and how the public has expressed its own, often outspoken, opinions on both individuals and issues.
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- Labor is for Roosevelt Button
- 1/2-inch pin back button. The top half is the button has blue text reading "LABOR IS FOR" on a white background. The bottom half has white text reading "ROOSEVELT" on a blue background. Button has label for the Adnov Company (Indianapolis, In.)
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- Voting Delegate, National Townsend Convention Ribbon
- Dark blue ribbon with ribbon badge containing space to write a name. The ribbon reads "Voting Delegate" and the medal hanging from the ribbon reads "4th National Townsend Convention, Indianapolis, June 22-25, 1939." The medal has a depiction of Dr. Francis E. Townsend in a circular border, as well as a triangle with the words "Youth for work Ago for Leisure" in the center. The words "The Townsend Plan" encircle the triangle. The bottom of the medal depicts the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis, Indiana, flanked by olive branches.
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