Object Details
- Description
- 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 Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson used his name while the one for his Republican opponent Dwight Eisenhower featured his famous campaign slogan “I Like Ike.” The majority of voters did like him—Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in 1952 and again in 1956.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Stevenson, Adlai
- Credit Line
- Nanine Young
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- blue, white, red, gold (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 8.89 cm
- Object Name
- compact
