Pin, Adlai Stevenson, 1952
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: referenced
content: Stevenson II, Adlai E.
notes: label: Description
content: At a campaign event on Labor Day 1952, Bill Gallagher, photographer for the Flint Journal¸ noticed a hole in the bottom of Adlai Stevenson’s shoe. He quickly took a photo which later won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. The image generated many shoe-themed campaign items for and against the Democratic candidate. Stevenson’s supporters thought the worn shoe made him seem more approachable and partnered this pin with the slogan “Better a hole in the shoe than a hole in the head.” Stevenson lost twice to his Republican opponent Dwight Eisenhower, in 1952 and 1956.
topic: label: referenced
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0110.087
label: accession number
content: 2006.0110
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0110.087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x .635 cm x 1.27 cm