Pipe Bowl
notes: label: Description
content: In 1852 Franklin Pierce ran for president as a northern Democrat who promised to be able to work well with the southern wing of the party. Although he won the election handily over the Whig Winfield Scott, he was often seen as a benign figure who was out of his depth in the White House. Many accused him of giving in to pro-slavery radicals in the South who lobbied to expand slavery into parts of the country it had previously been banned from. Pierce was also notoriously fond of alcohol and tobacco, and so this pipe bowl makes a fitting object for him.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.149
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pipe bowl
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.905 cm