Pencil, Herbert Hoover, 1928
date: label: date made
content: 1928
notes: label: Description
content: Herbert Hoover, former Secretary of Commerce, was the 1928 Republican nominee for president. This pencil is topped with a likeness of Hoover’s head. A similar pencil was manufactured for his Democratic opponent Al Smith, governor of New York, who lost to Hoover.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.093
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pencil
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x .635 cm