Kennedy Debate Chair, 1960
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
name: label: associated person
content: Kennedy, John F.
notes: label: Description
content: Face-to-face debates between the presidential candidates of the two major political parties are a recent development in American political campaigning. The first series of televised debates took place in 1960 with Democrat John F. Kennedy (seated in this chair) and Republican Richard M. Nixon.
topic: label: used
content: Presidential Candidates
label: general subject association
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank Stanton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0541.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0541
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0541.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall approximate: 42 in x 28 in x 20 in; 106.68 cm x 71.12 cm x 50.8 cm