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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.
Franklin Roosevelt Inauguration Commemorative Button
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Franklin Roosevelt Inauguration Commemorative Button

Object numberMO 1975.175.4
Name Button, Commemorative
Photographer (American, 1905 - 1977)
Maker
Date1937
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm )
DescriptionA round pinback button from the January 20, 1937 presidential inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. On the white inaugural button, slightly off center, is a circular black and white halftone Harris & Ewing 1933 photographic headshot of FDR, copyrighted at the bottom of the image: © H-E. Black text above and below the portrait reads: MAN OF THE HOUR / JANUARY 20, 1937. Running along the left edge of the button is a red, white, and blue patriotic stars and stripes banner design.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Merrill Berman in 1975.
Credit LineGift of Merrill Berman
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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