Pin, William McKinley, 1896
name: label: associated person
content: Bryan, William Jennings
notes: label: Description
content: William McKinley’s 1896 presidential campaign offered many items featuring a “gold bug,” the nickname for supporters of the gold standard, a key tenet of the Republican platform. Democrats endorsed the silver standard and countered with “silver bug” objects. This Republican “bug,” more than three inches in height, was one of the largest of the many metal lapel pins produced for this election in which McKinley defeated his Democratic opponent William Jennings Bryan.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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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: Mendel Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.233303.01
label: catalog number
content: 233303.01
label: accession number
content: 233303
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brownish gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 in; 8.255 cm x 8.89 cm x 2.54 cm