Compact, Thomas Dewey, 1948
name: label: associated person
content: Dewey, Thomas E.
notes: label: Description
content: Compacts are small cases containing a mirror, face powder, and a puff that are designed to fit in women’s purses. They became popular about the same time that women gained the vote in 1920 and within a decade campaign-themed compacts were marketed to this new segment of the electorate. This 1948 compact promoted Republican Thomas Dewey, governor of New York, who was running for president for the second time. He had lost in 1944 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and lost again in this election to President Harry S. Truman.
topic: 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: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1948.X09
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1948.X09
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: compact
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black, gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm