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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Goldwater Mock Handkerchief
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Goldwater Mock Handkerchief

Artifact ID1986.58.303
Object Type Handkerchief
Date 1964
Medium Cloth, Cardboard
DimensionsOverall H 6 3/4 in x W 3 1/4 in (17.1 cm x 8.3 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionGoldwater mock handkerchief. Political advertising card with attached folded white cloth with gold text: "AuH2O", "Goldwater". Obverse: Black/white photos of Goldwater with orange band at bottom. Brown/white text reads: "Senator Barry Goldwater", "The Republican Choice for '64"." Reverse: Brown/orange text with praying hands at bottom. Text reads: "Think, Speak, Register, VOTE…"
Historical NotePolitical trinkets, like this AuH2O handkerchief, were produced for the 1964 presidential campaign for Barry Goldwater. "Au" is the chemical symbol for gold, and "H2O" is the chemical symbol for water.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThis item was given to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Collection in 1986.
Credit LineGift of Richard Armentrout
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts to the LBJ Library (National Archives Identifier 189698391)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
Use Restriction NoteReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Person Referenced Barry Goldwater (United States, 1909 - 1998)
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Not on view
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