Slate chalkboard used to monitor election returns from the presidential election held on November 5, 1968.   The left-most column lists each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. The top row lists the candidates:  ”HHH” (Hubert H. Humphrey); “DICK” (Richard Nixon); and “GW” (George Wallace).  The returns listed are not the final election results.

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Cuff links worn by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.  The cuff links are of sterling silver and are die-cut with the outline of the Democratic Party’s donkey mascot.

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The events, politics, movements, music and television of the late Sixties return in The 1968 Exhibit. Objects Curator Matt Anderson takes a look at some of the exhibit’s artifacts drawn from the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection.

 

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Music credit: “Slow Burn,” performed by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 3.0).

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• The 1968 Exhibit
• American Indian Movement (AIM)
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Lunch box created to demonstrate support for Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1968 presidential campaign.  The metal box has green velvet applique on its base, handle and interior.  Paper cut-outs, newsprint images of the candidate, and a color poster of Muriel Humphrey are affixed to its sides.

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• Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968
• 1968 exhibit information
• Hubert H. Humphrey centennial
• Hubert H. Humphrey History Topic

“Are you kidding? / humphrey – wallace – nixon” anti-presidential button, manufacturer unknown, 1968.

St. Paul Winter Carnival ‘Flame’ Coat with name tag and 1968 Carnival button. Worn by Vulcanus Rex XXI, Howard Christensen. Manufactured by Stanbury & Co. Uniforms, Brookfield, MO., 1968.

Do seasonal social gatherings and holiday dinner parties leave you feeling bloated and weighed down? Is your figure closer in resemblance to Santa’s than to Sarah Palin’s? Never fear, the solution is here! Heave those heaping hips, bust those bulging thighs and twist your way to a tighter tush with the 1968 Trim Twist Executive Exerciser! Constructed of sturdy, heavy pressed board and mounted on a metal turning mechanism, the Trim Twist will have you digging out those old Chubby Checker 45’s and Twisting the Day Away! Designed to fit snugly underneath the desk in your cubicle!

Promoting unionization of the food and restaurant industry, this button was worn by a Local 458 union member and an employee of the Sheraton Ritz in Minneapolis around Thanksgiving, 1968.

A pair of square sterling silver cuff links with an image of the Democratic donkey carved on the front. They were owned by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and worn during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

During his 1968 presidential bid, Hubert Humphrey opened a retail store in Washington, D.C. that merchandised a variety of campaign paraphernalia. Clothing was particularly well stocked, and one of the most unique items in the store was this women’s go-go dress. Featuring prominent African-American leaders, entertainers and sports heroes of the era, the dress represented both Humphrey’s Civil Rights crusade and his strive for the African-American vote.