Guide to the 2012 Presidential Political Campaign Ephemera, 2012 MSS.3703
Presidential Political Campaign
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2013
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Presidential Political Campaign Ephemera, 2012
- Unit ID:
MSS.3703
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet
- Dates:
2012
- Abstract:
Bumper stickers and pins from the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan presidential campaigns for 2012.
Biographical/Historical note
A campaign button is used in the United States during an election as political advertising for (or against) a candidate or political party, or to proclaim the issues that are part of the political platform. Political buttons date as far back as President George Washington. They have taken many forms as the technology to create an image and mass production has allowed. In the late 18th and first half of the 19th century they were sewn-on clothing buttons, whereas the modern forms typically have pins on the back and are therefore also called pin-back buttons. Campaign buttons bear some similarity to bumper stickers, which are also used for political and other promotional messages. As a novelty item, campaign buttons are part of the hobby of collecting.
Stickers have long been used to convey messages, including political and informational messages, on various surfaces that they might be placed. The introduction of stickers made specifically for the purpose of placement on vehicle bumpers necessarily date roughly with the introduction of the automobile bumper; the Ford Model T lacked bumpers to which bumper stickers could be conveniently attached, but the Ford Model A, introduced in 1927, had them.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2013
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Presidential Political Campaign Ephemera, 2012, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
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Conditions Governing Use note
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- Acquisition Information:
Provenace
from Donna Adcock, 2013
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains buttons and bumper stickers for the Obama/Biden and Romney/Ryan 2012 presidential campaigns.
Source(s)
Biden, Joseph R. (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Obama, Barack (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Romney, Mitt (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Ryan, Paul, 1970- (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Alabama--Politics and government (lcsh)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Political campaigns (lcsh)
Presidents--United States-- Election--1840 (lcsh)
Obama/Biden 2012 campaign bumper stickers Box 3703.001 Folder 1
Romney Ryan 2012 campaign bumper stickers Box 3703.001 Folder 2
Obama/Biden 2012 campaign buttons Box 3703.001 Folder 3
Romney/Ryan 2012 campaign buttons Box 3703.001 Folder 4