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	Catalog #	Name	Description
251	1980.5.300	Political Pin, Political Button	"Culver" Gold lettering, black background John Culver was elected to the Senate for one term from 1975-1981. He is a democrat and his eldest son is Chet Culver, who is a former governor of Iowa.
252	1980.5.5	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid-type; black and white photograph of Albert B. Cummins (Republican presidential hopeful from Iowa, 1912 & 1916), exact date of this piece unknown; lower curl (rounded edge) inscribed, "GRUVER MFG. CO., CHICAGO". Color: BK,WH
253	1980.5.52	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph-type; black and white photographs of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert H. Humphrey, red, white, and blue striped background, inscribed, "DEMOCRATS ARE WE FOR JOHNSON & HUMPHREY"; two piece construction, lower curl marked, "GREEN DUCK CO., Chicago", union "bug" on right and left curl, faint union "bug" impression on reverse; pin back. Color: RD,WH,BL
254	1980.5.6	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph-type; blue letters on white field, "HOOVER AND CURTIS"; reverse stamped, "GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO, PAT.FEB. 13, 1917, No. 1215675" with two union "bugs"; pin back; 1928 Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign. Color: BL,WH
255	1980.5.68	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid-type; dark blue printed inscription on white field, "MUSKIE"; one union "bug" on lower face; no maker;'s mark; bare metal backing; pin back. Color: BL,WH
256	1980.5.70	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph-type; red printed slogan on white field, "Believe Muskie"; red union "bug" on lower curl; hollow back design; pin back. Color: RD,WH
257	1980.5.71	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph-type; red print on white field, "Muskie"; red union "bug" on lower curl; hollow back design; pin back. Color: RD,WH
258	1980.5.80	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph-type; red, white and blue stars & stripes motif; dark blue lettered, "REAGAN", at center; lower curl marked, "PAID FOR BY CITIZENS FOR REAGAN, SEN. PAUL LAXALT, CHRM." one union "bug"; hollow back, pin back. Color: RD,WH,BL
259	1980.5.81	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid type; black and white (blue tint) photograph of George Wallace, upper right; U. S. Capitol Building illustration, upper left, labeled, "WASHINGTON, D.C."; lower white on red printed inscription (slogan) "WIN WITH WALLACE"; one union " "bug" on upper right curl; bare metal backing, pin backing. Color: RD,WH,BL
260	1980.5.85	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid-type; black and white (blue tinted) photograph of Senator Eugene McCarthy's white lettered label at lower right, "McCarthy"; no maker's marks; bare metal back, pin back. Color: WH,BK
261	1980.5.89	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph type; black and white (blue tinted) photographs of Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew; red and white striped background; dark blue printed inscription, "NIXON", "AGNEW"; one union "bug" on right curl; no maker's marks; hollow back. Pin back. Color: RD,WH,BL,BK
262	1980.5.9	Political Pin, Political Button	Lithograph type; yellow lettering on dark blue field, "ROOSEVELT AGRICULTURAL COMMITEE", yellow ear of corn design at center; F. D. R. presidential campaign; reverse marked, "GREENDUCK CO., CHICAGO/PAT. FEB. 13, 1917/ No. 1215675", three union bugs. Color: YL,BL
263	1980.5.90	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid-type; red lettered slogan on white field, "Oregonians FOR NIXON/AGNEW"; red union "bug" on lower curl; no maker's marks; bare metal backing, stamped union "bug"; pin back. Color: RD,WH
264	1980.5.94	Political Pin, Political Button	Celluloid-type; color photograph of Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew, blue background; white on blue printed slogan, ""Now more than ever."; union "bug" on top curl; metal backing, pin back. Color: BL,WH
265	1982.21	Political Pin, Political Button	"Cooper Evans for Congress" political campaign pin. Yellow background, "COOPER EVANS" in orange lettering, "FOR CONGRESS" in black lettering, "REPUBLICAN" on bottom of pin. Evans was a member of the House of Representatives from Iowa's third district. He was in office from 1981-1987 and was a republican from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
266	1982.8.3	Political Pin, Political Button	"FULTON". This pin is in support of Richard Fulton, a Democrat who was part of the Tennessee state senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
267	1982.8.5	Political Pin, Political Button	"IOWA DEMOCRATIC STATE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION, DELEGATE, DES MOINES, IOWA JUNE 1, 1956". This pin is from the 1956 Democratic Presidential Convention in Des Moines, Iowa. Later in the Chicago, Illinois convention, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver were nominated for the president and vice president respectively. It took place on August 13-17 of 1956. Stevenson and Kefauver lost the election to the Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (Republican).
268	1989.43.765AA	Political Pin, Political Button	"Coolidge and Dawes". Pin from the 1924 United States Presidential election. John Davis and Charles Bryan (Democratic) ran against Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes (Republican) and Robert La Follette and Burton Wheeler (Progressive). The election was won by Coolidge and Dawes. Coolidge was married to Grace as First Lady, who also had a pet raccoon.
269	1989.43.765AC	Political Pin, Political Button	"Davis and Bryan". Pin from the 1924 United States Presidential election. John Davis and Charles Bryan (Democratic) ran against Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes (Republican) and Robert La Follette and Burton Wheeler (Progressive). The election was won by Coolidge and Dawes. Davis opposed anti-lynching legislation, women's suffrage, child labor laws, and Truman's civil rights program. He supported establishing a poll tax and state's rights.
270	1989.43.765AM	Political Pin, Political Button	"Hoover and Curtis". This is a pin in support of the Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis campaign for the 1928 United States Presidential Election. Hoover and Curtis (Republican) ran against Al Smith and Joseph Robinson (Democratic). Charles Curtis was the first Vice President acknowledged to be of significant Native American and Non-European ancestry. They won the 1928 election in a landslide but lost the 1932 election to Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner because the public did not think that Hoover had it in him to get through the Great Depression.
271	1989.43.765AT	Button	"Stand by for the 1934 Chevrolet".
272	1989.43.765AU	Political Pin, Political Button	Black and white pin, portrait of FDR. "A gallant leader Franklin D. Roosevelt". This is a campaign button from the 1936 election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Garner (Democratic) and Alf Landon and Frank Knox (Republican). Roosevelt won the election and went to serve as three terms as President of the United States. He was elected for a fourth term but died.
273	1989.43.765B	Political Pin, Political Button	"Landon Knox" gold and brown pin with gold felt to look like a sunflower with a gold elephant in the middle with "GOP" on its side. The pin is from the 1936 United States Presidential election. Alf Landon and Frank Knox (Republican) lost the election to Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner (Democratic).
274	1989.43.765C	Political Pin, Political Button	Brown and gold with an elephant and "Landon Knox", with gold felt around it; small size. Pin is from the 1936 United States Presidential election. Alf Landon and Frank Knox (Republican) lost the election to Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner (Democratic).
275	1989.43.765I	Political Pin, Political Button	"Dickinson for U.S. Senator". Lester J. Dickinson was a Republican politician from Iowa. In 1930 Dickinson ran for a seat in the senate from Iowa. Because of his stance against the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (an act that raised tariffs on imported products at an extreme), Dickinson was well favored and won the election. He held his seat in the senate until 1937. Dickinson passed away in Des Moines, Iowa in 1968 at the age of 94.
276	1989.43.765M	Political Pin, Political Button	"Willkie Worker" blue and gold with two stars above "Willkie". Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary (Republican) ran against Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Wallace (Democratic) in the 1940 United States Presidential election. Willkie lost the election by 5% of the popular vote.
277	1989.43.765P	Political Pin, Political Button	"Hoover and Curtis". This is a pin in support of the Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis campaign for the 1928 United States Presidential Election. Hoover and Curtis (Republican) ran against Al Smith and Joseph Robinson (Democratic). Charles Curtis was the first Vice President acknowledged to be of significant Native American and Non-European ancestry. They won the 1928 election in a landslide but lost the 1932 election to Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner because the public did not think that Hoover had it in him to get through the Great Depression.
278	1989.43.765Q	Political Pin, Political Button	"Hoover and Curtis". This is a pin in support of the Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis campaign for the 1928 United States Presidential Election. Hoover and Curtis (Republican) ran against Al Smith and Joseph Robinson (Democratic). Charles Curtis was the first Vice President acknowledged to be of significant Native American and Non-European ancestry. They won the 1928 election in a landslide but lost the 1932 election to Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner because the public did not think that Hoover had it in him to get through the Great Depression.
279	1990.58.89	Button, Pin	Eastern Star. Silver border with a yellow ring and Kansas 25 years within it. Star within it has a white center. Color: SL,YL,WH
280	1991.25.3	Political Pin, Political Button	"Reagan Bush '84". Pin for the 1984 United States Presidential election. Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (republican) ran against Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro (democratic). Geraldine Ferraro was the first female to be nominated for vice president. Reagan had won the prior election and was voted to return in every state except for Minnesota, Mondale's home state.
281	1992.32	Political Pin, Political Button	Bill Clinton and Al Gore. This pin is from the 1992 United States Presidential election. Bill Clinton and Al Gore (Democratic) ran against George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (Republican) and Ross Perot and James Stockdale (Independent. Bush was running for a second term and lost popularity for breaking his promise not to raise taxes. Clinton was a popular choice because he was a democrat who had voted republican in the previous five elections. Clinton and Gore won the election. Gore is well known for being a climate change activist, he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work with the environment. They served in office from 1993-2001.
282	1995.32.10	Political Pin, Political Button	Top 3/16" is red with white letters. Middle 9/16' is white (blue letters/red stripes). Bottom 1/4" is blue. Top section says "I'm for" in white letters. Middle section says "Nixon and Lodge" in blue letters. 2 red stripes, 3/16" long appear horizontally in mddle section. Back of button is silver with pin. This pin is in support of Richard Nixon and Henry Lodge (Republican) for the 1960 Presidential election. They ran against and lost to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic). This is the first time that Alaska and Hawaii were included in a presidential election because they had both become states in 1959. Nixon and Lodge won Alaska and Kennedy and Johnson won Hawaii.
283	1995.32.12	Political Pin, Political Button	Front of button is white. Words "I voted" appear in blue letters. Union label appears in blue below the above-mentioned phrase, very small. Back of button is silver, and features a metal clip to attach button to clothing. Circa 1980, this pin was given to you after you voted to commemorate your participation.
284	1995.32.4	Button, Pin	Front of button is orange with black print. Words "International Retina Congress" appear along top of front in black. Symbol similar to the letter "X" appears in the middle of front, with the word "Iowa" overlapping it, and a small dot appearing just to the left of the "I" in "Iowa", all in black. "October 4-6, 1979" is written along bottom of front, in black. Back of button is silver, with "Made in U. S. A." stamped into it, and a pin to attach button to clothes. Color: OR,BK,SL
285	1995.32.5	Political Pin, Political Button	"Republican State Convention Delegate/ Des Moines/ July 24, 1964". Front of button is white, with blue print. Blue stripe, 3/8" thick, runs horizontally directly centered on front of button, features the word "delegate" in white letters. Bold blue lettering reads "Republican" and "State Convention"; appears directly at the top and bottom of the button, respectively. Smaller blue lettering which reads "Des Moines' and "July 29, 1964" appears at the top and bottom. The words "Des Moines Rubber Stamp Co." appear in small blue lettering on the side of the the button. Reverse side of the button is silver, and features a pin to affix button to clothing. This pin is from the 1964 Republican State Convention in Des Moines. In July of 1964 in California, Barry Goldwater and William Miller were nominated for President and Vice President respectively. They lost to Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) in the November election.
286	1995.32.7	Political Pin, Political Button	Front is blue, with white letters which state "Bromwell for Senator". Back of button is silver with some discoloration, and features a pin to affix button to clothing. Thomas L. Bromwell was a democratic senator for the state of Maryland from 1983-May 24, 2002 when he resigned. He served as the head of quite a few committees and ran his own construction company named "Dallas Construction". In 2007 he pleaded guilty to charges including racketeering conspiracy, tax evasion, and accepting bribery from a construction firm to help it get state work. Both he and his wife were convicted as his wife received more than $200,000 in bribes. His wife served one year and one day in federal prison while he raised their kids and then he served a little less than six years before being released into a community integration program. Bromwell was sentenced to serve seven years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors began their investigations in secret starting in 2001.
287	1998.5.13	Political Pin, Political Button	For the Iowa governor's race of 1982. The pin has a green front with yellow printing "Roxanne". The X in Roxanne has a square around it to signify that the public should vote for her. The back of the pin is metallic silver in color.
288	2020-13-18	Pin	Election Pin that says "Elect Sturman Senator"
289	2020-13-19	Pin	Presidential Election campaign button for Walter Mondale and Vice President Feralddine Ferraro, the first women nominated for vice president by a major U.S. political party. Mondale accepted his nomination at the 1984 Democratic National Convention running against Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush as vice president.
290	2020-13-20	Pin	Presidential Election campaign button for George Wallace for his 1968 presidental campaign. Wallace was a member of the American Independent Party and ran against Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. Wallace was pro-segregation.
291	2020-17-4	Pin	Taxation is theft pin, features Bernie Sanders wearing a black covering over his face, TPUSA. Turning Point USA
292	2020-17-5	Pin	Socialism Sucks pin handed out by Turning Point USA, TPUSa.com
293	2020-17-6	Pin	Turning Point USA pin "USA est. 1776", TPUSA.com
294	2020-17-7	Pin	I Heart Capitalism pin handed out by Turning Point USA during the 2020 election, TPUSA.com
295	2020-18-1	Pin	Political campaign pin for Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar(D). She announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2020 election on February 10, 2019 and on March 2, 2020, she suspended her campaign and endorsed Joe Biden.
296	2020-18-2	Pin	Political campaign pin for Rhode Island Senator Elizabeth Warren(D). She announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in the 2020 election on February 9, 2019 and on March 5, 2020, she suspended her campaign after briefly considered the front-runner in late 2019 but dwindled into 2020.
297	2020-18-3	Pin	Vote Climate! Our Future Depends On It pin
298	2020-18-4	Pin	White political pin with the image of Uncle Sam pointing a revolver at the viewer.
299	2020-18-5	Pin	Blue political pin with "Ottinger for Senator" written in white.
300	2020-18-6	Pin	Orange political pin with "Wear this button to bug the Bourgeoisie" in black.