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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 Earrings
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 Earrings

Artifact IDMO 1976.6
Object Type Earring
Maker (American, born 1894)
Dateca. 1944
Mediummetal, paint on metal
Dimensionsoverall (each) D 3/4 in x Diam 1 1/8 in (1.9 cm x 2.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA pair of round clip-on non-pierced earrings made with original ca. 1944 buttons from Franklin Roosevelt's campaign. At the center of each earring is the button, consisting of red diagonal stripes at the top and bottom and a white diagonal band at center with blue text that reads: FDR. The buttons are placed within a gold-colored metal surround. On the reverse of the earrings are metal pressure clips for attaching to earlobes.
Historical NoteRay Weiss of Brooklyn, New York, fashioned two FDR campaign buttons into this set of button earrings. She sent them to President Roosevelt as a gift in October 1944.

Additional Details
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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