Object Details
- Description
- John F. Kennedy, the 1960 Democratic presidential nominee, was attempting to become the first president born in the twentieth century. His campaign played to his youth particularly in contrast to the age of the outgoing president, Dwight Eisenhower. Kennedy’s future-oriented slogan “The Man for the 60’s” is on one side of this lenticular button that changes designs when shifted. The other side features a picture of the candidate. Kennedy, still the youngest person ever elected to the office, defeated the Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon in a very close race winning by less than two tenths of one percentage point.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Kennedy, John F.
- maker
- Vari-vue
- Date made
- 1960
- date made
- 1960
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- black; blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm
- Object Name
- Button
