Paperweight, Herbert Hoover, 1928
name: label: associated person
content: Washington, George
label: associated person
content: Hoover, Herbert
notes: label: Description
content: This iron paperweight is designed to look like a pile of 29 coins each of which is stamped with the inauguration year of one of the presidents of the United States. The top coin features both George Washington and Herbert Hoover, the 1928 Republican presidential nominee. The pile seems to be one coin short because when Hoover won he became the 31st president. But it was not a mistake; Grover Cleveland was given just one coin in the pile to represent his two non-consecutive terms in office.
topic: label: commemorated
content: Presidents
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1928.X03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1928.X03
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 13.335 cm x .635 cm