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Willkie Campaign Button, 1940
Object numberMO 1960.34.14
Name
Button, Campaign
Maker
Bastian Brothers Company
(American, founded 1895)
Date1940
Mediumpaint on metal (tin)
Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 in (2.5 cm )
DescriptionA round pinback button from Wendell Willkie's campaign. At the center of the white button is a blue illustration of a fighter plane with a red star within a white circle on the tip of each wing. The name "WILLKIE" in white runs across the body of the plane. Red and white text above and below the plane reads: WINGS / for / AMERICA. The manufacturer's information and several union bugs are printed on the rim of the button.
Label TextWendell Willkie was the Republican Party’s presidential candidate in 1940.Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Armand S. Deutsch
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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