Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1940

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Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1940

Artifact IDMO 1975.122.4

Object Type Button, Campaign

Maker Unknown

Date1940

Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal

Dimensionsoverall Diam 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm )

Physical DescriptionA round pinback slogan button. The white button has red text that reads: WALLACE / AND / ROOSEVELT. The beginning letters of each word - W, A, and R - spell WAR when read vertically.

Historical NoteDuring the 1940 presidential campaign FDR’s critics charged that he (and his Vice President Henry Wallace) would drag the nation into war if reelected. A copy of this button is on display in the PREPARING FOR WAR, HOPING FOR PEACE exhibit in the Museum’s WORLD WAR II gallery.
Additional Details

Credit 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.

In Collection(s)

Exhibitions

Freedom From Fear: FDR, Commander In Chief

Not on view