Collections Online BETA
Search for photographs, three dimensional and archaeological objects, artwork, oral histories, moving images, maps, and more. For more resources, see the links below.
John Lind campaign button
John Lind campaign button
Titles: John Lind campaign button (Supplied title)
Description: John Lind 1898 gubernatorial campaign button. On the laminated button Lind is depicted wearing a military uniform in front of United States and Cuban flags, a reference to his service in the Spanish-American War. Made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company in Newark, New Jersey. Lind campaigned as a Democrat endorsed by Populists and was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1898, the first Democrat to hold in that office in forty years.
Dates
- 1898 (Date John Lind was elected Governor of Minnesota.) (Content)
Creation
- made by: Whitehead & Hoag Co.
- about: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 12th (1898)
- about: Lind, John
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 1988.307.3
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 2.2 centimeters diameter
- .4 centimeters depth
Subjects
- Badges, Buttons & Medals
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
- Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
- Politics and government
- Minnesota, United States
- Emigration and immigration
- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Swedes
- Whitehead & Hoag Co.
- United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 12th (1898)
- Lind, John
- Button (information artifact)
How can we help?
- Help / About Collections Online
- Learn about the Collections
- Contact the Gale Family Library for help with research, orders, and use/licensing
- Have feedback or comments on the new Collections Online system? Please fill in the Collections Online Feedback Form.
John Lind campaign button