Willkie Campaign Button, 1940
Object numberMO 1976.46.26
Name
Button, Campaign
Maker
Bastian Brothers Company
(American, founded 1895)
Date1940
Mediumpaint on metal (tin)
Dimensionsoverall Diam 13/16 in (2.1 cm )
DescriptionA round pinback button from Wendell Willkie's campaign. The button consists of three horizontal bands in red, white, and blue. White and blue text reads (from the center out): WILLKIE / FOR / PRESIDENT. A union bug is printed along the rim of the button.
Label TextWendell Willkie was the Republican Party’s presidential candidate in 1940.Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Jerome K. Wilcox
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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