The Alan H. Schell Collection of Campaign Buttons, Pins, and Political Ephemera contains 2 watches in addition to the nearly one thousand pins, buttons, and ribbons that date from the 1884 to the 2008. Can you tell which watch was meant to support a candidate and which one was meant to lampoon a candidate?
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Schell Collection: George McGovern
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The Schell Collection contains 85 George McGovern pins and buttons.
McGovern ran for president in several election between 1968-1984
Some of the pins include his wife, Eleanor, as well.
Eleanor McGovern
Schell Collection: Eldridge Cleaver
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Schell Collection: Thomas Dewey
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The Schell Collection contains pin of candidates who did not win the election as well. This pin is from Thomas Dewey’s campaign. It suggests a comparison between President F.D.R. and Hitler.
Dewey ran for president in 1944 and in 1948
Schell Collection: Jimmy Carter
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The Schell Collection contains 47 Jimmy Carter pins and buttons. The collection also includes a Billy Beer can and maps and brochures of Plains, Georgia, President Carter’s hometown.
39th President 1976-1980
Schell Collection: South Dakota
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The Schell Collection also contains several pins and buttons relating to South Dakota.
Mobridge
Schell Collection: Theodore Roosevelt
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The Schell Collection contains 3 pins relating to Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaigns.
26th President 1904-1908
Unidentified pin from the Schell Collection
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The staff from the Archives and Special Collections needs your help in identifying this pin. Our assumption is that it is from World War II, but we would like to have more information. Please comment if you have any more information about this pin.
Schell Collection: William McKinley
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The Schell Collection contains 10 pins relating to the William McKinley Political Campaigns. One such pin is shown below.
25th President 1896-1904
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