Buckle, Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
name: label: associated person
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
notes: label: Description
content: Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. This buckle was produced during his 1904 Republican campaign to be elected to a full term in his own right. It plays on the association of Roosevelt and bears that began after he refused to shoot a restrained bear on a 1902 hunting trip to Mississippi. President Roosevelt defeated his Democratic challenger Alton Parker in a landslide with Socialist Eugene V. Debs a distant third.
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: Ralph E. Becker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1904.N01
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1904.N01
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Buckle, Belt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm