Novelty, Warren G. Harding, 1920
date: label: date made
content: 1920
label: associated date
content: 1920
name: label: associated person
content: Harding, Warren G.
notes: label: Description
content: This mechanical brass novelty could have been used as a charm on a watch chain. Retailers displayed a card like this to promote individual sales. The figure is labeled for Warren G. Harding, the 1920 Republican presidential nominee. Pressure on the figure’s shoe causes a devil-like tail and an arm with a nose-thumbing gesture to pop out. This design had previously been manufactured to represent other candidates including Republican James Garfield and Democrat Grover Cleveland. Harding easily won the 1920 election defeating Democrat James Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs who was running for the fifth and last time. Even though Debs was in prison during this campaign (having been found guilty of sedition during World War I), he received almost 914,000 votes, the most ever recorded for a Socialist on the national ballot.
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: Gift of Mrs. Edna Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.235387.04
label: catalog number
content: 235387.04
label: accession number
content: 235387
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nose-Thumbers, Set of
label: Object Name
content: Campaign Pin Card, 1920
label: Object Name
content: Campaign Pin Card, 1920
label: Object Name
content: nose thumber pins
label: Object Name
content: nose thumber
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (disjoint section material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall card material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 5 in; 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm