Taft Campaign Figurine, 1908
Taft Campaign Figurine, 1908
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- Description
- Democratic and Republican Party leaders would never have chosen the animals that Thomas Nast did to popularize their policies and ideas. The parties typically adopted national symbols, such as the eagle and the flag. After 1840 the Democratic Party often represented itself as a rooster. Such symbols contended, unsuccessfully, with the popularity of donkeys and elephants into the 20th century.
- This pot metal elephant figurine features an image of Republican candidate in 1908 William Howard Taft.
- Object Name
- Metal Elephant, Taft
- elephant, metal
- associated person
- Taft, William Howard
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 7 in x 2 in; 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1908.O1
- accession number
- 227739
- catalog number
- 227739.1908.O1
- subject
- Political Campaigns
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Presidency
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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