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- "Saint Joe" Prayer Candle, 2020 - "Seven-day" devotional candles are traditionally used by practitioners of Catholicism, syncretic religions, and folk magic. They are used to petition saints and spirits for guidance, favors, to set intentions for luck, love--even revenge. They are found in religious supply stores like botanicas, grocery stores, and online. Recently, houseware boutiques appropriated prayer candles, ironically celebrating musicians, celebrities, and politicians.
- 2020
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"Saint Joe" Prayer Candle, 2020
"Seven-day" devotional candles are traditionally used by practitioners of Catholicism, syncretic religions, and folk magic. They are used to petition saints and spirits for guidance, favors, to set intentions for luck, love--even revenge. They are found in religious supply stores like botanicas, grocery stores, and online. Recently, houseware boutiques appropriated prayer candles, ironically celebrating musicians, celebrities, and politicians.
- Poster, "Vote in Solidarity," 2020 -
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Poster, "Vote in Solidarity," 2020
- Poster, "Together, We Are Power," 2020 -
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Poster, "Together, We Are Power," 2020
- "Cup O' Joe" Biden Campaign Mug, 2020 - Joe Biden's aviator sunglasses became a common graphic on both official and unofficial campaign merchandise, reflecting a more casual, "everyman" view of the presidential hopeful. The official campaign produced this mug, choosing to play off his name and featuring the "Joe" logo used on other merchandise.
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
"Cup O' Joe" Biden Campaign Mug, 2020
Joe Biden's aviator sunglasses became a common graphic on both official and unofficial campaign merchandise, reflecting a more casual, "everyman" view of the presidential hopeful. The official campaign produced this mug, choosing to play off his name and featuring the "Joe" logo used on other merchandise.
- "Nope" Mug, 2019-2020 -
- 2019-2020
- Collections - Artifact
"Nope" Mug, 2019-2020
- Sunbury Daily Item Newspaper for May 20, 1916 -
- May 20, 1916
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Sunbury Daily Item Newspaper for May 20, 1916
- Protest Poster, "United We Vote," 2020 - In June 2020, Detroit-based non-profit letterpress organization Signal-Return responded to the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd by producing free protest posters for the community. These posters were made in solidarity with the principles behind the Black Lives Matter movement and distributed with the intent that they be carried in local protests or displayed in visible places.
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Protest Poster, "United We Vote," 2020
In June 2020, Detroit-based non-profit letterpress organization Signal-Return responded to the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd by producing free protest posters for the community. These posters were made in solidarity with the principles behind the Black Lives Matter movement and distributed with the intent that they be carried in local protests or displayed in visible places.
- Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign Button, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin campaign button for the 1860 presidential election containing tintype portraits of the Republican Party candidates on each side. This use of photography in political campaigns was still unusual at the time--most campaign buttons did not include photographic images of the candidates.
- 1860
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Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign Button, 1860
Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin campaign button for the 1860 presidential election containing tintype portraits of the Republican Party candidates on each side. This use of photography in political campaigns was still unusual at the time--most campaign buttons did not include photographic images of the candidates.
- Douglas-Johnson Campaign Badge, 1860 - Tintypes--inexpensive and durable--proved to be of special value in the 1860 presidential campaign, when small tintype images of candidates and their running mates decorated tokens, medals and campaign pins. The use of photography in political campaigns was still unusual at the time--most campaign buttons did not yet include photographic images of the candidates.
- 1860
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Douglas-Johnson Campaign Badge, 1860
Tintypes--inexpensive and durable--proved to be of special value in the 1860 presidential campaign, when small tintype images of candidates and their running mates decorated tokens, medals and campaign pins. The use of photography in political campaigns was still unusual at the time--most campaign buttons did not yet include photographic images of the candidates.
- "Build Back Better" Biden Campaign Button, 2020 - Democrat Joe Biden adopted "Build Back Better" as one of his 2020 presidential campaign slogans. Biden used the slogan to promote economic policies that focused on supporting average working men and women. This slogan and others promised Americans a seasoned leader who would guide them through a pandemic-crippled economy and social and political division.
- 2020
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"Build Back Better" Biden Campaign Button, 2020
Democrat Joe Biden adopted "Build Back Better" as one of his 2020 presidential campaign slogans. Biden used the slogan to promote economic policies that focused on supporting average working men and women. This slogan and others promised Americans a seasoned leader who would guide them through a pandemic-crippled economy and social and political division.