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Title: La Follette & Wheeler Pin
Date: 1924
Description: Bronze, circular button with profile portraits of Robert M La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler. Pin used in Follette's 1924 presidential campaign. Reverse button has inscriptions for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: "democracy: some assembly required" Bumper Sticker
Description: 3 3/4 inches by 11 inches unused white vinyl bumper sticker with blue and red writing. There are blue and red letters spelling "democracy: some assembly required". The "democracy" part is the only blue and has white starts inside the letters. At the bottom there are blue letters spelling "www.DemocracyCaravan.org 1-866-GOT-VOTE?".

Title: Coolidge-Dawes Club Button
Date: 1924
Description: 7/8-inch, pin back button with red white and blue sections divided equally like a pie with the words "Coolidge Dawes Club" written on it in promotion of President Calvin Coolidge's 1924 presidential campaign. Reverse has label for Geraghty & Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Hoover For President Button
Date: 1928
Description: 7/8-inch, white, pin back button featuring blue monochromatic portrait of President Herbert Hoover with the words "Hoover for President" written in blue, used in promotion of Hoover's 1928 presidential campaign. Reverse has paperback label for Saint Louis Button Company (Saint Louis, Mo.)

Title: Speed Recovery, Re-Elect Hoover Button
Description: 7/8-inch, pin back button with white text reading, "Speed Recovery, Re-Elect Hoover" with a red and blue background. Reverse has label for Greenduck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Hoover, Red, White, and Blue Button
Description: 7/8-inch, white, pin back button in red, white and blue with the word, "HOOVER" in blue across the white stripe. Reverse has label for Green Duck Company (Chicago, Il.)

Title: Hoover Castle Button
Description: 7/8-inch, pin back button featuring a gold castle with "Hoover" written across it in blue. Reverse has paper label for St. Louis Button Company (St. Louis, Mo.)

Title: Champ Clark for President Button
Date: 1912
Description: 7/8-inch, white, pin back button which reads "Clark For President" in blue lettering for Champ Clark's 1912 presidential campaign. Reverse has label for St. Louis Button Company (St. Louis, Mo.)

Title: Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt with Eagle on Gold button
Date: 1901
Description: 1 1/8-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in a white circle on gold with an eagle overhead and two American flags below. Button has paper back label with St. Louis Button Co., St. Louis and Allied Printing Trades Council 3, Newark (N.J.).

Title: "A Full Dinner Bucket" Button
Date: 1900
Description: 1 and 1/4-inch round pin back button with image of a white metal dinner bucket over a blue background. Text on a cup on the top of the bucket reads "EMPLOYMENT FOR LABOR". Text on the lid of the bucket reads "A FULL DINNER BUCKET". Across the front of the bucket is a gold oval containing black and white portraits of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Text on the handle reads "PROSPERITY

Title: "Ford or Carter" Brochure
Date: 1976
Description: White paper brochure. The front is red with white text reading "Ford or Carter". Inside is a black and white picture of Ford. The next two pages contain red text with black headlines praising Ford and providing negative statements about Carter. The back reads "How do you choose?" and "Ford, He's making us proud again." This brochure was produced by "The President Ford Committee".

Title: "Bet on Bush" Bubble Gum Cigar Set
Description: Set of bubble gum cigars in red, white, and blue designed box (6.25" x 5.25" x 1.5") that features a black and white portrait of George H. W. Bush to promote Bush's 1988 presidential campaign. Produced by Swell Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corporation.

Title: "Campaign '88, Dukakis For President" Cigarette Pack
Date: 1988
Description: Pack of cigarettes (3.5"x2.25"x.75") featuring a blue profile portrait of Michael Dukakis to promote his 1988 presidential candidacy. A red, white and blue stripe flows behind Dukakis’s head.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Observation Lounge
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Passengers chat in the observation lounge of the "City of Kansas City."

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Seat Storage
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Passengers would put their ticket folders and/or timetables in these.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Plugs
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Plugs for electrical equipment by the Pyle-National Company.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Dining Car
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Empty view of the interior of a dining car

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Dining Car Entrance
Date: Circa 1947
Description: The door to a dining car with mirrors on both sides.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Heating System
Date: Circa 1947
Description: These floor grates supplied steam heating to the cars.

Title: "City of Kansas City" (Wabash) Car Windows
Date: Circa 1947
Description: Car windows are rectangular in shape with blinds and are different sizes.

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