Doll, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964: Museum Object and Cultural History
Doll, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964: date made: 1964. Object Name: doll. Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm.
The object in the museum catalogue
This dashboard doll was sold during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s successful 1964 presidential campaign. It came in a box that read: “LBJ Himself…A true-to-life replica as personal as a hand-shake. Conversation gift of the year for desks, mantels, collections. Specially made to attach to cars.” Remco produced a similar doll designed to look like Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee, who lost to the Democratic incumbent in a landslide.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1964
- Object Name: doll
- Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm
- used: Political Campaigns
- ID Number: 2015.0200.071
- catalog number: 2015.0200.071
- accession number: 2015.0200
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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