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| Text on Button | LET'S BACK IKE |
| Image Description | Top and bottom of button each have one small white star in the center on a red background. The middle of the button has a white background with one line of red uppercase text reading "Let's back" and larger dark blue uppercase text reading "IKE" below. |
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Repeating pattern of union bugs alternating with bugs for 634 and 313. |
| Curl Text | Green Duck Co Chicago union bug 634 union bug 313 |
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| Additional Information | "Let's Back Ike" was part of Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1950's Republican campaign for president against the incumbent Democrat Adlai Stevenson. Ike was the nickname which he received as a child, and it was an abbreviation of his last name. As the 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower's platform was known for expanding social security, creating the interstate Highway system, and signing the Civil Rights Act into law. |
| Catalog ID | PO1182 |