Novelty, William Jennings Bryan, 1896
date: label: date made
content: 1890s
name: label: described
content: Bryan, William Jennings
notes: label: Description
content: The election of 1896 featured many items which poked fun at the “other guy.” This five-inch wide “Bryan dollar” showed how big a coin would have to be to be worth a dollar under the silver standard promoted by Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Bryan lost the election to William McKinley, the Republican candidate and supporter of maintaining the gold standard.
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: Charles M. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0715.127
label: accession number
content: 1983.0715
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0715.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; .635 cm x 13.97 cm