Bryan Campaign Figurine, 1908
name: label: associated institution
content: Democratic 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 donkey figurine features an image of Democratic candidate in 1908 William Jennings Bryan.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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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.O02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1908.O02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Metal Donkey, Bryan
label: Object Name
content: donkey, metal
label: Object Name
content: Statue
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm