Bracelet, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
name: label: associated person
content: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
notes: label: Description
content: This bracelet promoted Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee for president in 1952 and 1956. Using a record as the decorative bangle may reflect the popularity of songs which promoted the candidate and his signature campaign slogan “I Like Ike.” Broadway composer Irving Berlin included a number “They Like Ike” in his Broadway musical Call Me Madam, a song newspaper columnist Inez Robb said “may alone and unaided sweep the general into the White House by acclamation.” Berlin later reworked the song and released recordings of “I Like Ike.”
label: Description
content: Many supporters claimed credit for adapting the phrase to “I Like Ike” and, once Eisenhower’s candidacy for the Republican nomination began in earnest, the slogan quickly appeared on a wide variety of campaign items including inexpensive costume jewelry marketed to women. The majority of voters did like him—Eisenhower defeated his Democratic opponent Adlai Stevenson twice, in 1952 and 1956.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sara G. Leffler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.280084.37
label: catalog number
content: 280084.37
label: accession number
content: 280084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bracelet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, yellow (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 19.05 cm