Doll, Dwight Eisenhower, 1956: Museum Object and Cultural History
Doll, Dwight Eisenhower, 1956: associated date: 1956. associated institution: Republican National Party. associated person: Eisenhower, Dwight D..
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President Dwight Eisenhower ran for re-election on the Republican ticket in 1956 and defeated his Democratic opponent Adlai Stevenson for the second time. This whimsical version of his party’s symbol may have been designed to reflect the youth-friendly Republican Platform: “As the Party of the Young and in glowing appreciation of his dynamic leadership and inspiration, we respectfully dedicate this Platform of the Party of the Future to our distinguished President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and to the Youth of America.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- associated date: 1956
- associated institution: Republican National Party
- associated person: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Object Name: Doll
- Physical Description: textile (overall material)
- Physical Description: gray, white, pink (overall color)
- Measurements: overall: 5 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 13.335 cm x 6.35 cm
- general subject association: Political Campaigns
- classified: Novelty
- ID Number: PL.227739.1956.X59
- catalog number: 227739.1956.X59
- accession number: 227739
- Credit Line: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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