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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Clark, Roosevelt, and Park Campaign Button, 1932
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Clark, Roosevelt, and Park Campaign Button, 1932

Object numberMO 1976.300
Maker (American, 1893 - ca.1948)
Date1932
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 in (2.5 cm )

DescriptionA round pinback campaign coat-tail button. The button has a white band around the edge and a dark blue center which extends out partially on the sides into the white band. Blue and white text reads: VOTE FOR / CLARK / ROOSEVELT / PARK / AND / ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. The manufacturer's information is printed along the bottom edge and on the paper insert on the reverse.
Label TextThis 1932 campaign button features presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt, Colonel Bennett C. Clark, the Democratic Party's successful candidate for the U.S. Senate from Missouri, and Guy B. Park, the Democratic Party’s successful candidate for governor of Missouri. Park had replaced the previous gubernatorial candidate, Francis M. Wilson, on the Democratic ticket when Wilson died in October 1932.

Additional Details
Credit LineGift of John E. Vargo
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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