Sewing Box, John Quincy Adams, 1828
date: label: date made
content: c1828
name: label: associated person
content: Adams, John Quincy
notes: label: Description
content: This 1828 campaign sewing box offered women a way to show their support for a candidate, though they couldn’t vote at the time. This box shows incumbent John Quincy Adams, who in 1828 was running as a National Republican. A similar box was made showing Adam’s opponent, Democrat Andrew Jackson. After a contentious campaign, Jackson won the presidency.
topic: label: used
content: Sewing and Knitting
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1828.X02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1828.X02
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box, Sewing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: multi-color (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm