Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back campaign button
Object Number:
1940.663
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".
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.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
