Button, John F. Kennedy, 1960
date: label: Date made
content: 1960
label: date made
content: 1960
name: label: depicted
content: Kennedy, John F.
label: maker
content: Vari-vue
notes: label: Description
content: John F. Kennedy, the 1960 Democratic presidential nominee, was attempting to become the first president born in the twentieth century. His campaign played to his youth particularly in contrast to the age of the outgoing president, Dwight Eisenhower. Kennedy’s future-oriented slogan “The Man for the 60’s” is on one side of this lenticular button that changes designs when shifted. The other side features a picture of the candidate. Kennedy, still the youngest person ever elected to the office, defeated the Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon in a very close race winning by less than two tenths of one percentage point.
topic: label: referenced
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1960
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History
label: See more items in
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: Timothy D. W. Connelly in memory of Gordon Montgomery Connelly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0317.145
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0317.145
label: accession number
content: 2003.0317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black; blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm