Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1940
Object numberMO 1975.122.23
Name
Button, Campaign
Maker
Unknown
Photographer
Harris & Ewing
(American, 1905 - 1977)
Date1940
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal, fabric
Dimensionspart a (button) Diam 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm )
part b (overall) H 3 1/2 in x W 1 3/4 in x D 1/4 in (8.9 cm x 4.4 cm x 0.6 cm )
part b (overall) H 3 1/2 in x W 1 3/4 in x D 1/4 in (8.9 cm x 4.4 cm x 0.6 cm )
DescriptionA round pinback campaign picture button. At the center of the white button is a circular black and white halftone Harris & Ewing 1933 portrait of Franklin Roosevelt, copyrighted at the bottom of the image: © H-E. Running along the left edge of the button is a red, white, and blue patriotic flag banner design. A Baltimore union bug and the number "1" are printed at the bottom of the button. Suspended from the reverse of the button, and hanging down below it, is a single length of red, white, and blue striped ribbon and a white celluloid donkey.
Additional DetailsCredit LineGift of C. Don Warner
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
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