Object Details
- associated person
- Taft, William Howard
- associated institution
- Republican National Party
- Description
- Democratic and Republican Party leaders would never have chosen the animals that Thomas Nast did to popularize their policies and ideas. The parties typically adopted national symbols, such as the eagle and the flag. After 1840 the Democratic Party often represented itself as a rooster. Such symbols contended, unsuccessfully, with the popularity of donkeys and elephants into the 20th century.
- This pot metal elephant figurine features an image of Republican candidate in 1908 William Howard Taft.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1908.O01
- accession number
- 227739
- catalog number
- 227739.1908.O01
- Object Name
- Metal Elephant, Taft
- elephant, metal
- Statue
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 7 in x 2 in; 12.065 cm x 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_1199321
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-777d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
