Compacts are small cases containing a mirror, face powder, and a puff that are designed to fit in women’s purses. This one, made to resemble a rotary telephone dial, was marketed to both Republican and Democratic women. The compact promoting Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower featured his famous campaign slogan and a map of the country symbolizing that, no matter where you might call, everyone liked Ike. The compact for Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson used the letters of his last name. The majority of voters did like Ike—Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in 1952 and again in 1956.
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