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| 1 | 1970.25 | Button, Pin | Environmental Action. Color: GR,WH |
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| 2 | 1970.63 | Political Pin, Political Button | "GOP". White with red border and blue lettering. This pin is in support of the Republican Party for which GOP (Grand Old Party) is often used interchangeably. The term GOP started in the 1850s with the split of the parties and was originally referred to as "The Grand Old Party". |
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| 3 | 1971.11.18.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Dewey for President. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 4 | 1971.11.18.4 | Political Pin, Political Button | In 1944, Thomas Edmund Dewey was the Republican candidate for President, but lost to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dewey was the closest candidate to run against Roosevelt in his four presidential elections. Thomas E. Dewey rain again in 1948 for the Republican candidate but lost to the incumbent president Harry S. Truman making it one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history. |
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| 5 | 1971.11.18.5 | Political Pin, Political Button | In 1944, Thomas Edmund Dewey was the Republican candidate for President, but lost to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dewey was the closest candidate to run against Roosevelt in his four presidential elections. Thomas E. Dewey rain again in 1948 for the Republican candidate but lost to the incumbent president Harry S. Truman making it one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history. |
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| 6 | 1971.11.18.6 | Political Pin, Political Button | Dewey for President. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 7 | 1971.11.18.7 | Political Pin, Political Button | Pin divided into thirds, Blue top, White middle, Red bottom. "I Like Ike". Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 8 | 1971.11.20.10 | Button, Pin | "ARC, LSS, Beginner" button. |
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| 9 | 1971.11.20.11 | Button, Pin | "ARC, LSS, Swimmer" button. |
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| 10 | 1971.11.20.2 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Red cross on white background. Color: RD,WH |
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| 11 | 1971.11.20.3 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Red cross on white background. Color: RD,WH |
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| 12 | 1971.11.20.4 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Red cross on white background. Color: RD,WH |
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| 13 | 1971.11.20.6 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Red cross on white background and the year 1936 under the cross."I Gave" written in blue under the cross. Color: RD,WH |
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| 14 | 1971.11.20.7 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Red cross on white background. Color: RD,WH |
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| 15 | 1971.11.20.8 | Button, Pin | Blood donors. Color: RD,WH |
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| 16 | 1971.11.20.9 | Button, Pin | American Junior Red Cross buttons. Red and blue shield, red cross on white background. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 17 | 1972.38.14 | Political Pin, Political Button | Black letters bearing the name "Stadlman" on a yellow background. The back side is silver with a gold pin. Color: BK,YL |
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| 18 | 1972.58.11 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Taylor U. S. Congress" with heavy letters on a white background. Color: WH |
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| 19 | 1975.47 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Willkie and McNary" from 1940 Republican party presidential campaign.y Board of Education. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 20 | 1976.25.4 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Johnson". Color: WH,GR |
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| 21 | 1976.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Wm. B. Allison 1908 politcal campaign pin from his campaign for reelection to the U. S. Senate. Central circle with photo of Allison. In white letters on dark blue surrounding photo: "OUR CHOICE FOR SENATOR WM. B. ALLISON." Color: WH,BL |
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| 22 | 1976.31.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Stylized "P" in white and a stylized "F" in red letters about 5/8" high under which is printed in small white letters "Paul Franzenburg." Union label in white at bottom of face of button. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 23 | 1976.6.14 | Political Pin, Political Button | 1972 "TAPSCOTT" Democratic gubernatorial campaign pin. |
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| 24 | 1976.6.4 | Political Pin, Political Button | Eugene McCarthy presidential nomination campaign pin. Royal blue with white lettered "EUGENE". Color: BL,WH |
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| 25 | 1976.77.8 | Political Pin, Political Button | Udall for President, 1976. Lavender with white lettering. Color: LV,WH |
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| 26 | 1976.80.1 | Political Pin, Political Button | "I'm Bayh Partisan". "I'm" and "Partisan" in white letters on blue background and "Bayh" in blue letters on white background. Color: BL,WH |
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| 27 | 1976.93.1.1 | Political Pin, Political Button | White enamelled pin in shape of a shield. In black letters are "Harrison" on top and "Morton" on bottom with a log cabin in between. Shield also has narrow black border. Color: WH,BK |
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| 28 | 1976.93.1.7 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Udall, President". White lettering on blue background, dark blue background above with light blue background below. Color: BL,WH |
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| 29 | 1976.96.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Udall for President". Dark blue with "Udall for President" in white letters. The "Udall" is much bigger than the lettering of "For President". Color: BL,WH |
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| 30 | 1977.44.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Red painted metal, white painted broad arrow design; blue lettering, "Goldwater"; copper straight pin on back.; from 1964 Presidential Campaign. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 31 | 1977.54.2 | Political Pin, Political Button | Red, white and blue, bearing a picture of the Capitol Building and a broom. The button is entitled "Clean Up Congress". Straight pin at the back. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 32 | 1977.60.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Blue painted metal, with the inscription "Birch Bayh '76" in white letters. Color: BL,WH |
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| 33 | 1978.13.11 | Political Pin, Political Button | Litho, "Elect Loveless Governor" (Iowa Democratic candidate). Straight pin on back. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 34 | 1978.13.12 | Political Pin, Political Button | Litho, "Elect Evans U. S. Senator (Iowa Democratic candidate). Straight pin on back. Color: Rd,WH,BL |
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| 35 | 1978.25.15 | Political Pin, Political Button | Paper face, clear covering, "Iowa Democratic State Convention Delegate, Des Moines, Iowa, July, 1954", metal pin back, "Union Label". Color: WH,BL |
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| 36 | 1978.25.2 | Political Pin, Political Button | Photograph, "Iowa's Next Senator, Albert B. Cummins, June 2, 1908" Republican 1908 primary, hinged brass pin back, "Cruver Mfg. Co., Chicago". Color: BR |
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| 37 | 1978.25.23 | Political Pin, Political Button | Painted metal, red center band, blue lettering, "Hickenlooper Republican, stick with "Hick", metal pin back, "Allied Printing, Trades Council, Chicago, Illinois", Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 38 | 1978.25.24 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Elect Loveless Governor", 1956 Iowa campaign, metal pin back. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 39 | 1978.25.30 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Check Beck", brass pin back. Color: BL,WH,CL |
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| 40 | 1978.25.31 | Political Pin, Political Button | "S'Elect Erbe Governor", metal pin back. Color: WH,BL |
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| 41 | 1978.25.43 | Political Pin, Political Button | "Democratic State Statutory Convention Delegate 1972", brass pin back. Color: WH,BL |
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| 42 | 1978.25.55 | Political Pin, Political Button | White painted metal, red lettering, "Wings for America", blue airplane, "Willkie", brass pin back. Presidential campaign. Color: RD,WH,BL |
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| 43 | 1978.25.58 | Political Pin, Political Button | "The Man of The Hour, General Douglas MacArthur", MacArthur photograph, 1952 Presidential campaign, metal pin back. Color: Rd,WH,BL |
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| 44 | 1978.25.6 | Political Pin, Political Button | Photograph, "A. B. Cummins", 1912 Republican Presidential hopeful; brass pin back, "The Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark N. J., Pat. April 14, 1896, July 21, 1896". Color: WH,BL,GD |
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| 45 | 1978.25.7 | Political Pin, Political Button | Photograph, "Allison", metal stud back, "Thos. Jay Gleason Co. 112 Liberty St., New York, New York", Republican Presidenti |
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| 46 | 1978.25.8 | Political Pin, Political Button | Metal, plastic covering, photograph of Allison, hinged brass pin back, memorial pin, no inscription. |
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| 47 | 1978.7.1 | Political Pin, Political Button | White with "Elect Conklin" in blue lettering; brass straight pin on back. Color: WH,BL |
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| 48 | 1979.9.6 | Political Pin, Political Button | Delegate's badge; metal button, dark blue colored paper and celluloid cover, white lettering "Republican State Convention, Delegate, Des Moines, Aug. 2, 1922"; straight brass metal pin back, white paper label on back, black lettering "Manufacuted by St. Louis Button Co., St. Louis, Mo., Pat. Aug. 8, 1899, Union Trades Label". Color: BL,WH |
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| 49 | 1980.35.3 | Political Pin, Political Button | Celluloid type; 1980 Lynn Cutler campaign; yellow field, red line border, black lettering, "Lynn Cutler FOR CONGRESS"; metal back, brass pin. Lynn Cutler ran for congress in Iowa for two consecutive election years, both times against the Republican candidate Cooper Evans. Both in 1980 and in 1982 she was defeated by Evans by only a small percentage of the votes. Cutler has done a number of impressive things throughout her political career, including being appointed as the Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on Intergovernmental Relations by President Jimmy Carter, Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff for Native Americans and Special Projects, and Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Women's Issues. |
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| 50 | 1980.38.4 | Political Pin, Political Button | Button, pro ERA, lithograph type; white numerals on dark green field, "59c"; pin back. A pin that NOW (National Organization for Women) released during an ERA (Equal Rights Act) campaign in 1972 that extended it's seven year limit by 3 years to end in 1982 when the act was three states short of ratification. 59c was the gap in pay; women earned 59c to every dollar a man made. NOW is the largest feminist activist group in the United States and was founded in 1966. The goal is to get the ERA added as an amendment to the constitution, but that still has not been done. |
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