Another View of the Candidate and the Icon (Gallery)

 

 

Axe Used As Political Button for Abraham Lincoln
Glass Hat
Harris Fawell Information Booklet
Barack Obama License Plate
Miscellaneous Political Buttons (Satirical and Official)
Flyer, Harris Fawell for Republican Illinois 13th Congressional District Representative, 1984
1971 Photo of President Nixon Signing Bill Authorizing Lincoln Home to Become a Part of the National Park Service

 

In "Six-Degrees" fashion, it might be claimed that every candidate for every office in the land has been influenced by Abraham Lincoln's 1860 and 1864 Presidential campaigns. Here are representational items from the parent exhibit which allude to or further tribute the railsplitter and his enduring legacy even in our everyday lives.

Do you spot other examples that we didn't catch within the History Harvest site?

 

Another View of the Candidate and the Icon (Gallery)