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- "Time" Magazine, April 6, 1959 - George Romney, chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made waves in the auto industry with his vocal criticism of the large cars he dismissed as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs." He championed AMC's small Rambler American and coined the term "compact car" to describe it. Romney later went into politics and served as Michigan's governor from 1963 to 1969.
- April 06, 1959
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"Time" Magazine, April 6, 1959
George Romney, chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made waves in the auto industry with his vocal criticism of the large cars he dismissed as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs." He championed AMC's small Rambler American and coined the term "compact car" to describe it. Romney later went into politics and served as Michigan's governor from 1963 to 1969.
- "Romney" Buttons, 1968 - <body>Michigan's governor, <i>George Romney</i>, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries. </body>
- 1968
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"Romney" Buttons, 1968
Michigan's governor, George Romney, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries. - "Romney for President" Paper Dress, 1968 - Bumper stickers, buttons, and brochures--those were the standard things that political campaigns were made of in the 1960s. Beyond "standards," campaigns also latch onto things that are hot at the time--and during the 1968 presidential campaign, that meant paper dresses. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy and Republicans Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, and George Romney all had versions.
- 1968
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"Romney for President" Paper Dress, 1968
Bumper stickers, buttons, and brochures--those were the standard things that political campaigns were made of in the 1960s. Beyond "standards," campaigns also latch onto things that are hot at the time--and during the 1968 presidential campaign, that meant paper dresses. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy and Republicans Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, and George Romney all had versions.
- Governor George Romney Speaking at "Let Freedom Ring" Program at Henry Ford Museum, July 1964 -
- July 04, 1964
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Governor George Romney Speaking at "Let Freedom Ring" Program at Henry Ford Museum, July 1964
- "Romney" Bumper Sticker, 1968 - <body>Michigan's governor, <i>George Romney</i>, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries. </body>
- 1968
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"Romney" Bumper Sticker, 1968
Michigan's governor, George Romney, the one-time chairman and president of American Motors Corporation, made a bid for the Republican Party's Presidential nomination in 1968. The highly principled, moderate Republican--who, in 1964, refused to back the conservative Republican nominee--trailed in the polls throughout 1967, slipping dramatically after comments about the war in Vietnam. Romney withdrew his candidacy before the first primaries.