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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.
Roosevelt Campaign Button and Ribbon, 1936
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Roosevelt Campaign Button and Ribbon, 1936

Artifact IDMO 1975.123.23
Object Type Button, Campaign
Maker
Photographer (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 )
Physical 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 Details
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.
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