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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.
Roosevelt Campaign Button, ca. 1936
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Roosevelt Campaign Button, ca. 1936

Object numberMO 1976.4.1
Name Button, Campaign
Maker (American, founded 1875)
Dateca. 1936
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm )
DescriptionA round pinback button, possibly from Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 campaign. The ivory-colored button has three sepia tone oval portraits at center: Franklin Roosevelt (left), Thomas Jefferson (center), and George Earle (right). Sepia text above and below the portraits reads: FORWARD / DEMOCRACY. The manufacturer's information is printed on a paper tag on the reverse of the button.
Label TextFranklin Roosevelt and George Earle, Governor of Pennsylvania, never ran for office simultaneously. This button may indicate Earle's support of FDR's bid for reelection in 1936, or vice versa with FDR supporting Earle in his 1934 or 1938 campaign.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Stanley King
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesCampaign Memorabilia (National Archives Identifier 778819)
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