Political Pinbacks and Ephemera

Item Details

A collection of political pinbacks and ephemera. The earliest pinback is an original William Howard Taft, it has the Whitehead & Hoag paper insert, dated 1896. There are three 1960s paper milk lids, each lid honors a past President of the United States; they are Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman. There are seven loose pinbacks: (2) Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew; (2) identical Ronald Reagan; one rectangle paper Reagan; one 1960 Adlai Steveson and one John Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson. A black-and-white picture of Richard Nixon has two pinbacks attached at two opposite corners. There are two tickets to the ‘Election Eve Gala Featuring in Person Gov. Ronald Regan’ which took place at Cincinnati Convention Center. Jimmy Carter is on a small green one dollar bill. There are three flyers promoting Richard Nixon for President of the United States.

Condition

- “Reagan” rectangle paper pinback is soiled
- paper flyer for Nixon has a tear

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Item #

17CIN639-363