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- Theodore Roosevelt Campaign Bandanna, 1912 - Theodore Roosevelt's disenchantment with President Taft, his hand-picked successor in 1908, encouraged him to run against the Republican leader in 1912. Unable to secure the Republican Party nomination, Roosevelt (referred to as TR) and his supporters formed the Progressive Party. The popular ex-president garnered 27 percent of the vote (more than Taft), but both lost to the Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
- 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Theodore Roosevelt Campaign Bandanna, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt's disenchantment with President Taft, his hand-picked successor in 1908, encouraged him to run against the Republican leader in 1912. Unable to secure the Republican Party nomination, Roosevelt (referred to as TR) and his supporters formed the Progressive Party. The popular ex-president garnered 27 percent of the vote (more than Taft), but both lost to the Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
- Farm Aid Bandanna, 1985 - High interest rates on loans and declining farm income destabilized the farm economy during the 1980s. Heavily mortgaged farmers lost everything, and suicide rates escalated. Recording artists Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp and Neil Young joined with other singers to stage the first Farm Aid concert at the University of Illinois on 22 September 1985.
- 1985
- Collections - Artifact
Farm Aid Bandanna, 1985
High interest rates on loans and declining farm income destabilized the farm economy during the 1980s. Heavily mortgaged farmers lost everything, and suicide rates escalated. Recording artists Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp and Neil Young joined with other singers to stage the first Farm Aid concert at the University of Illinois on 22 September 1985.