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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 Buttons, 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 Buttons, 1936

Artifact IDMO 1975.123.30
Date1936
Mediummetal, cardstock
Dimensionsoverall (card) H 5 in x W 6 7/8 in (12.7 cm x 17.5 cm )
object (each button) Diam 3/4 in (1.9 cm )

Physical DescriptionA white cardstock sales card holding Franklin Roosevelt campaign buttons. Jutting above the top of the card is a black and white representation of the design on the buttons. Black text above and below the buttons reads: IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM, WEAR ONE. / HOME OFFICE — 132 E. WILSON AVE., GIRARD, OHIO.

Attached across the middle of the card are 12 identical gold-colored metal pinback campaign buttons. At the center of the buttons is a relief portrait of Franklin Roosevelt encircled by the text: YOUR FRIEND / FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Errol Leslie and Gary Smith
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