Doll, Barack Obama, 2009
date: label: date made
content: 2009
label: used date
content: 2008
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Obama, Barack H.
notes: label: Description
content: This Barack Obama doll promoted the Illinois Senator’s campaign as the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee. The doll’s shirt featured the Obama logo of a rising sun combined with the letter “O.” Obama defeated John McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona, in the first presidential election where two sitting senators vied for the office. This doll was used as part of the celebration held in Bisbee, Arizona to celebrate President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arizona
topic: label: referenced
content: Politics
label: commemorated
content: Inauguration
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 2008
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Inaugural Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
label: See more items in
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: Carrie Gustavson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0167.01
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0167.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: doll
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 18 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 29.21 cm x 46.355 cm x 5.715 cm