Ketchup bottle, George W. Bush, 2004
date: label: Date made
content: 2004
name: label: referenced
content: Bush, George W.
notes: label: Description
content: The 2004 presidential race was between the Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry, senator from Massachusetts. Because Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz, was related to the Heinz family who founded a food processing company, a group of New York City Republicans started their own ketchup company to avoid eating Heinz ketchup. Using a label picturing George Washington, W Ketchup was introduced in 2004 with the advertising slogan “You don’t support Democrats. Why should your Ketchup?” (Teresa Heinz was not a majority stakeholder in the Heinz Company.) The product was distributed through internet sales and no proceeds were contributed to political campaigns. The W Ketchup company ceased production in 2015.
topic: label: referenced
content: Political Campaigns
label: referenced
content: Presidents
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 2004
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
label: See more items in
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: 2004.0280.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0280
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0280.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red; white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 in x 1 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm