Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that reads "Caution/ We Need Willkie/ Not Dictatorship". 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:
2002.1.3769
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter button; 1 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. key
Description:
A white pinback campaign button pierced at the bottom with a small metal key hanging from a link. A visual play on words, it reads in blue "For President/ Will-" and the dangling key finishes the name "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:
2002.1.3768
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that reads "Willkie/ For President" with "Willkie" in blue across the center white section. 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:
2002.1.3767
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51987
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. oval
Description:
An oval pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections with a name in each section "Willkie/ Hendrickson/ Barbour". 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:
2002.1.3766
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51986
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 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, that reads "Willkie Contributor". 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:
2002.1.3765
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51985
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, that reads "A Willkie Democrat". 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:
2002.1.3764
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51984
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, that reads "I Am A Democrat For Willkie" with a white star. 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:
2002.1.3763
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51983
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
Two white pinback campaign buttons with a print of a prop plane in blue with the name "Willkie" surrounded by the words in red "Wings For America". 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:
2002.1.3762
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51982
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. oval
Description:
Two oval pinback campaign buttons divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, with "Willkie" in blue across the central white section. 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:
2002.1.3761
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51981
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 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
Two pinback campaign buttons divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that read "Willkie/ For President", with "Willkie" in blue across the central white section. 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:
2002.1.3760
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51980
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












