Handbag, Hubert H. Humphrey, 1968

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Object Details

associated person

Mondale, Joan

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.

date made

1968

ID Number

1981.0529.03

accession number

1981.0529

catalog number

1981.0529.03

Object Name

Lunch Box

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Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Exhibition

American Democracy

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source