Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Luce Center
Campaign necktie
Object Number:
1940.871
Date:
1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 118.1 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: all over: "W"
Description:
Maroon campaign necktie from the 1940 presidential campaign of Wendell Willkie; "W" embroidered repeatedly in white in a geometric running pattern.
Gallery Label:
Wendell Willkie ran against FDR in the 1940 presidential campaign on the Republican ticket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Gregory Moore Chorlian
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
