Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
1940.781
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back campaign button "REGISTERED/1940/VOTER"; red, white and blue.
Gallery Label:
This button was worn by a voter in the 1940 Presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt was re-elected.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
