Doll, Barack Obama, 2009
Doll, Barack Obama, 2009
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- Description
- This Barack Obama doll promoted the Illinois Senator’s campaign as the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee. The doll’s shirt featured the Obama logo of a rising sun combined with the letter “O.” Obama defeated John McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona, in the first presidential election where two sitting senators vied for the office. This doll was used as part of the celebration held in Bisbee, Arizona to celebrate President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009.
- Object Name
- doll
- date made
- 2009
- used date
- 2008
- depicted (sitter)
- Obama, Barack H.
- place made
- United States: Arizona
- Physical Description
- red (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- brown (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 18 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 29.21 cm x 46.355 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- 2009.0167.01
- catalog number
- 2009.0167.01
- accession number
- 2009.0167
- Credit Line
- Carrie Gustavson
- subject
- Politics
- Inauguration
- Presidential Campaign of 2008
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Inaugural Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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