Roosevelt Campaign Button and Ribbon, 1936
Object numberMO 1975.123.23
Name
Button, Campaign
Maker
Unknown
Photographer
Harris & Ewing
(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 )
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 DetailsAttached 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.
Credit LineGift of Errol Leslie and Gary Smith
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.Collections
Non exposé