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Associated person:
Mondale, Joan  Search this
Object Name:
Lunch Box
Date made:
1968
Description:
Joan Mondale, wife of Humphrey protégé and future Democratic nominee Walter Mondale, showed her support for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey at the 1968 Democratic National Convention by carrying this handbag, made from a painted metal lunch pail, and wearing a matching dress and scarf. Humphrey won a hard-fought convention battle to become his party’s presidential nominee but lost the election by less than one percent of the vote to his Republican opponent, former vice president Richard Nixon.
ID Number:
1981.0529.03
Accession number:
1981.0529
Catalog number:
1981.0529.03
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Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Exhibition:
American Democracy
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-5852-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_528603