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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, ca. 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, ca. 1936

Artifact IDMO 1976.18.3
Object Type Button, Campaign
Maker
Photographer (American, 1905 - 1977)
Dateca. 1936
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm )
Physical DescriptionA round pinback button, possibly from the 1936 campaign. At the center of the white button 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 / PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Running along the left edge of the button is a red, white, and blue patriotic flag banner design.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Leslie Rosenfeld
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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