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We take you behind-the-scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for a look at presidential campaign memorabilia dating from the time of George Washington’s…

Vanderbilt University history professor Sarah Igo, and Washington Post polling director Jon Cohen talked about the history of political polling in America at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.…

Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird, curators from the Smithsonian Institution, gathered political memorabilia from the Republican National Convention for inclusion in the museum’s collection.

Mr. Bird talked about the 1932 and 36 presidential campaigns, in which Franklin Roosevelt defeated incumbent President Herbert Hoover and Alf Landon. He also responded to viewer calls,…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes…

Mr. Bird talked about the political memorabilia collection in the American History Musuem. He also discussed the history of political campaigns and his job at the Republican convention to…

Larry Bird described his job as curator of political memorabilia. Video segments of various campaign memorabilia was shown during the program.