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Collection: Cornell University Political Americana Collection

ID Number: 2214.BT0064b

Title: Eisenhower "I Like Ike" Foreign Language Buttons, ca. 1952-1956

Date Made: ca. 1952-1956

Party: Republican

Item Count: 29

Classification: Costume

Object Type: Buttons (Information artifacts)

Measurements: Mount: 11 x 8 1/2 in.; 27.94 x 21.59 cm

Materials & Techniques: Metal; Paper (Fiber product); Plastic

Notes: Assemblage consists of buttons with the "I Like Ike" slogan translated into 29 different languages. Item 2214.BT0064a contains the first 24 buttons from the set (running from Afrikaans to Italian alphabetically).

Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Politics; Promotional materials; International relations

Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University Library?Cornell University

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