Badge
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Fire boared
Object Number:
1941.255
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10241
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
F.C.B.
Object Number:
1941.258
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10240
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Medium:
textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
General Grant, Our Next President
Object Number:
473
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10239
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
For President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Classification:
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 in. ( 8.6 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button with central photgraph of F. D. Roosevelt; circular inscription in black on white ground: "FOR PRESIDENT/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
Object Number:
1940.752
Marks:
Inscription: "FOR PRESIDENT/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10236
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin
Classification:
Date:
1868
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Metal campaign pendant suspended from bar with stick pin; upper bar in the shape of an eagle; oval pendant with portrait of Horatio Seymour at center; portrait encircled by a laurel wreath at the bottom and a ribbon at the top; ribbon inscribed "18/68"; pendant suspended from eagle by a link.
Object Number:
INV.7378
Gallery Label:
Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) ran for the presidency in 1868 but was defeated by Ulysses S. Grant.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
10232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button: Thanksgiving Day Nov. 5
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1940.551
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10231
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button: No Third Term
Classification:
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1940.947
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10230
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back campaign button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Circular button with red lettering on white background: "NO MORE FIRESIDE CHATS".
Object Number:
1940.663
Gallery Label:
Many buttons with negative slogans were produced by Wendell Willkie's (1892-1944) campaign in his unsuccessful attempt to defeat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential elections. This slogan refers to Roosevelt's "Fireside chats" radio speeches that he gave starting in 1933, there were thirty in all by 1944. The buttons were produced on an almost daily basis in response to the latest news stories.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
10228
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button: No Third Term
Classification:
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
1940.592
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10229
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button: Willkie second million
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number:
1940.683
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10227
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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