Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "O'DWYER/AFL/LABOR/UNITED/CIO/ LEHMAN"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.101
Gallery Label:
William O' Dwyer and Herbert H. Lehman were both prominent members of the American Federation of Labor and the Committee of Industrial Organizations during the 1930s and 1940s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
44818
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "CLEAN HOUSE/WITH/DEWEY"; image of a broom; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.100
Gallery Label:
In 1948, Governor Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for President of the United States. He lost to Harry S. Truman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
44817
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1972
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "McGovern"; brown and yellow.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.99
Gallery Label:
This button was probably worn during George McGovern's runs for senate between 1960 and 1974.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
44816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "MacARTHUR/FOR/AMERICA/1948"; white, blue and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.96
Gallery Label:
Douglas MacArthur was a nominee for the Republican primaries in 1948.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
44815
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca.1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "ELECT/O'DWYER/1/DISTRICT ATTORNEY"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.95
Gallery Label:
William O'Dwyer was the District Attorney in Brooklyn from 1940 to 1941 and later ran for mayor of New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
44814
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "DULLES"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.91
Gallery Label:
John Foster Dulles served as a U.S. Senator for New York in the late 1920s, taking over for Robert F. Wagner who had to step down due to illness. Dulles ran for re-election and lost, but was chosen for the United States Secretary of State during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
44812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca.1946
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "LEHMAN/FOR/SENATOR"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.93
Gallery Label:
Herbert H. Lehman ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1946 and lost. However, in 1949 he won a special election and was re-elected to a full term in 1950.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1946
eMuseum Object ID:
44813
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1980
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "FRITZ/BLITZER"; blue and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.87
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
44811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1944
Medium:
Metal, rhinestones
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Flag-shaped metal pin-back button "WILLKIE"; red, white rhinestones; Willkie banner on flag pole; 13 stars.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.86
Gallery Label:
In 1944 Wendell L. Willkie was the Republican nominee for President of the United States. He lost the Presidency to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1944
eMuseum Object ID:
44810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "MacARTHUR/FOR/AMERICA/1948"; white, blue and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of David Klotz
Object Number:
2001.85
Gallery Label:
Douglas MacArthur was a nominee for the Republican primaries in 1948.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
44809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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