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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.
Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Cover, 1940
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Cover, 1940

Object numberMO 2025.2.9
Name Envelope
Artist
Date1940
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
DescriptionAn unused cover with a red, white and blue anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt cachet from the 1940 presidential campaign. The printed cachet on the white envelope features a cartoon of FDR seated at a machine, titled “WASHINGTON GAS-WORKS,” which is powering a carousel labeled “NEW DEAL MERRY-GO-ROUND” with a pennant flying from the top with the dates “1933-1941.” Seen riding horses on the carousel are Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, and Henry Wallace. Standing to the right of FDR is Wendell Willkie who is addressing him with the following question: “(Willkie) Now F.D.R., that you have given the boys a long ride, where have they been? Printed just below the cartoon: “Copyright Applied For / C.M.I. 1940.”
Label TextWendell Willkie was the Republican Party’s unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1940.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesCampaign Memorabilia (National Archives Identifier 778819)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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