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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 and Ribbon, 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 and Ribbon, 1936

Object numberMO 1975.123.23
Photographer (American, 1905 - 1977)
Date1936
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal, fabric
Dimensionsoverall (button) Diam 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm )
overall (button and badge) H 2 3/4 in x W 1 1/4 in (7 cm x 3.2 cm )

DescriptionA round pinback campaign picture button. At the center is a black and white halftone Harris & Ewing 1933 photographic image of Franklin Roosevelt encircled by a red, white, and blue patriotic border. At the bottom of the image is a copyright note: © H-E.

Attached to the reverse of the button, and hanging down below it, is a red, white, and blue vertically striped ribbon with black text that reads: SOUVENIR / OF / DEMOCRATIC / NATIONAL / CONVENTION / PHILADELPHIA/ JUNE 1936.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Errol Leslie and Gary Smith
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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