Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3766
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. oval
Description:
An oval pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections with a name in each section "Willkie/ Hendrickson/ Barbour". 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.
