Campaign Gimmick, 1889
name: label: associated person
content: Harrison, Benjamin
notes: label: Description
content: Democratic and Republican Party leaders would never have chosen the animals that Thomas Nast did to popularize their policies and ideas. The parties typically adopted national symbols, such as the eagle and the flag. After 1840 the Democratic Party often represented itself as a rooster. Such symbols contended, unsuccessfully, with the popularity of donkeys and elephants into the 20th century.
label: Description
content: This egg novelty item has a pop-up rooster that reads “I Crow for Harrison”, a message of support for Benjamin Harrison’s candidacy.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1889.X02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1889.X02
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Egg
label: Object Type
content: egg
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm