Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin
Object Number:
2002.1.4580
Date:
1940
Medium:
Cloth, ribbon, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 7/8 x 1 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A campaign pin made of a very tiny white and blue cloth shirt, with a red, white and blue ribbon behind it and a paper banner across the front printed in black "I'd Give My Shirt For/ 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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





