Campaign novelty, Alf Landon, 1936
date: label: date made
content: 1936
notes: label: Description
content: This painted cast iron elephant uses the 1936 Republican presidential candidate’s name as a pun. It offered the hope that Alf Landon would “land on” and defeat President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the incumbent. He did not. Roosevelt, a Democrat, was re-elected to his second term in a landslide.
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: 2015.0200.107
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.107
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gimmick
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 13.335 cm x 6.985 cm