Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A large white pinback campaign button with a central photolithograph of Wendell Willkie flanked by eagles encircled by the words in black "Our Next President/ Wendell Lewis Willkie". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3777
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A white pinback campaign button from the anti-FDR campaign in 1940, printed in red "Wendell Pitching Franklin Out!". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3776
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Political pocket mirror
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
Political pocket mirror with campaign button front divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, that reads in the center white section in blue "The Lady/ On The Other Side/ Is Requested To Vote For/ Willkie". On the reverse is a mirror. Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3775
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A white pinback campaign button from the anti-FDR campaign in 1940, printed in blue "Eleanor/ Start Packing/ The Willkies Are Coming". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3774
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A yellow pinback campaign button from the anti-FDR campaign in 1940, printed in black "Hi-Yo Wendell/ Franklin Away". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3773
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52026
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A white pinback campaign button from the anti-FDR campaign in 1940, printed in blue "Willkie/ Not Royal But Loyal". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3772
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A yellow pinback campaign button with a central black silhouette of a kicking donkey (or 'ass') surrounded by the words "I'll Bet My/ On Willkie". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3771
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A white pinback campaign button with a central photolithograph of Wendell Willkie encircled by red stripes and white stars on blue fields. Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3770
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
11 x 2 x 2 in.
Description:
A very long yellow-brown commemorative clay smoking pipe that has been broken into three pieces, with a bowl shaped to resemble a man's head with a colonial-style tricorn hat. The pipe is embossed "Saint Nicholas Society/ New York", with a paper label that reads "Geodewaagens Pijp/ Gouda, Holland". The Saint Nicholas Society was founded in 1835 for "the collection and preservation of information respecting the history, settlement, manners and such other matters as may relate thereto, of the City of New York." For a complete unbroken example see 2002.1.3631.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3632
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
52021
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sign/ liquor
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Metal, plastic, paper
Dimensions:
21 x 13 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A beer advertising sign with a color central scene of a old fashioned police officer with a rounded hat directing traffic in a city street jammed with both an early open automobile and a nervous horse, with a dog running by and people on a wooden plank sidewalk watching. A sign in the scene reads "Cook's Goldblume Beer/ Quality Since 1853", and the caption reads "Preferred Since The Good Old Days".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3633
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
52020
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












