Coaster, John F. Kennedy, 1960
date: label: date made
content: 1960
name: label: associated person
content: Kennedy, John F.
notes: label: Description
content: The Lagonda Printing Company of Springfield, Ohio printed a variety of paper placemats and coasters encouraging participation in the 1960 election. John F. Kennedy, caricaturized on this coaster, won the Democratic nomination that year. He defeated his Republican opponent Richard Nixon in one of the closest elections in American history winning by less than two tenths of one percentage point.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Springfield
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
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: Lagonda Printing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2196.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.2196
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2196.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coaster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in; 20.955 cm