Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3767
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that reads "Willkie/ For President" with "Willkie" in blue across the center 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.
