Political Materials Collection, ca. 1840-present

Title: Political Materials Collection, ca. 1840-present

Dates: 1840-2000

Collection Number: GC 1137

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Extent: 12.1 linear feet

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Abstract: An artificial collection of textual and non-textual election and political materials. Organization is by level of government including federal, with an emphasis on California and Los Angeles County.

Language of Material: English

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Political Materials Collection, ca. 1840-present. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

An artificial collection of textual and non-textual election and political materials. Organization is by level of government including federal, with an emphasis on California and Los Angeles County. Textual holdings consist of election and general political ephemera: stickers, bumper stickers, campaign cards, handbills, leaflets, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers and special interest publications, ballots, ticket stubs, electoral tickets and voting guides. There are materials, including programs, for presidential inaugurations. Other political materials consist of books including commemoratives, drafts of the Los Angeles City Charter; a 1927 supplement to the Political Code of California and national convention guides. Non-textual material includes posters, a few postcards, two sound recordings, buttons, ribbons and leather-bound and woven keepsakes.