Taft Campaign Figurine, 1908
name: label: associated person
content: Taft, William Howard
label: associated institution
content: Republican National Party
notes: label: Description
content: Democratic and Republican Party leaders would never have chosen the animals that Thomas Nast did to popularize their policies and ideas. The parties typically adopted national symbols, such as the eagle and the flag. After 1840 the Democratic Party often represented itself as a rooster. Such symbols contended, unsuccessfully, with the popularity of donkeys and elephants into the 20th century.
label: Description
content: This pot metal elephant figurine features an image of Republican candidate in 1908 William Howard Taft.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1908.O01
label: accession number
content: 227739
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1908.O01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Metal Elephant, Taft
label: Object Name
content: elephant, metal
label: Object Name
content: Statue
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 7 in x 2 in; 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm