Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Pin-back campaign button
Object Number:
1940.718
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button inscribed in red on white ground: "VOTE / FOR / WILLKIE / IF YOU WANT TO / VOTE AGAIN"
Gallery Label:
Wendell Willkie challenged Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
