New Frontier Man of the Year

Pinback button celebrating astronaut John Glenn and endorsing the agenda of President John F. Kennedy, c. 1962. Emress Specialty Co., New York.

Cleverly juxtaposes the "final frontier" of space with the New Frontier, Kennedy's liberal reform program. Material pertaining to early space exploration is in demand. A particularly desirable pin with the JFK association.

Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, was a personal friend of President Kennedy, and later had a successful career in politics himself.