Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign Button, 1904
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Artifact Overview
Having assumed the presidency when McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was already immensely popular when he ran for president in 1904. Picking conservative Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as his running mate, Roosevelt was reelected in a landslide. Two previous highly esteemed Republicans--John C. Fremont (first Republican presidential candidate) and Abraham Lincoln--are also depicted on this button.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1904
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.295
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Tin (Metal)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black (Color)
Brown
Sepia (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 0.875 in
Inscriptions
On front: THE OLD BOYS/ 1856
Below LIncoln portrait: 1860-1864
Printed on back paper insert: MADE BY/BALTIMORE/BADGE & NOVELTY/COMPANY/BALTIMORE MD./DESIGN PATENTED
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Remembering Abraham Lincoln
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During the 1909 centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Congress found itself in the embarrassing position of lacking plans to honor Lincoln in the nation's capital. In 1911, a Commission was formed to create an appropriate tribute. The resulting Lincoln Memorial, dedicated in 1922, idealizes Lincoln's memory in a Greek-temple-like structure that symbolizes the democratic principles for which Lincoln stood.