Pinback button

Object Number: 
2002.1.3761
Date: 
1940
Medium: 
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
1 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. oval
Description: 
Two oval pinback campaign buttons divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, with "Willkie" in blue across the central white section. 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.
Creative: Tronvig Group