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Election Memorabilia

Top hat worn by a member of the David B. Hill Club of Elmira, 1892

Inside the top hat is a campaign advertisement for Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson.

Handkerchief from the William McKinley and Garret Hobart campaign, 1896

Handkerchief from Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign, 1912

Political novelty with representations of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, 1996

Anti-Nixon novelty, 1972

Portraits of the Republican Candidates in Chemung County, 1894

Handbill from Republican Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign, 1964

Hat from Jim Hare’s mayoral campaign, 1988PG

Portraits of popular Democratic County representatives, 1893

Fan from Rodney J. Strange’s Elmira School Board campaign, 1997

Ribbon worn by Seymour Lowman as a New York State delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, 1932

Ribbon worn by Seymour Lowman as a New York State delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, 1932

Card from President Lincoln’s reelection campaign, 1864

George Winner button, 1996

Gifford Pinchot button, 1914

Franklin D. Roosevelt pin, 1940

Amo Houghton button, 1996

I Like Elmira button

Nelson Rockefeller, 1968

Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren button, 1948

Malcolm Wilson button, 1974

Dwight D. Eisenhower pin, 1952

Charles E. Hughes button, 1906

Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnewbutton, 1972
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