Rock, Hubert H. Humphrey, 1968
date: label: date made
content: 1968
notes: label: Description
content: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic presidential candidate, had a life-long connection to the field of pharmacy. Born above his father’s drugstore, he earned a pharmacist’s license from Capitol College of Pharmacy in Denver and worked for his father for six years during the Depression. Although he did not enjoy the job they shared, Humphrey credited his “extraordinary” father with teaching him to value knowledge, books, and his true professional calling, politics. Continuing his connection to health care, Humphrey’s first bill as a senator from Minnesota proposed a health insurance program for the elderly that would eventually evolve into Medicare. His 1968 campaign for president against Richard Nixon featured slogans like “Humphrey Fills the Prescription” and pharmaceutical symbols such as those painted on this decorative campaign rock. Humphrey’s connection to pharmacy continues to this day. At his death in 1978, the American Pharmacists Association honored him by establishing the annual Hubert H. Humphrey Award which recognizes a member who has made major contributions in government and/or legislative service.
topic: label: used
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.119
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.119
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rock
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/32 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 7.6708 cm x 6.35 cm