Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3768
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter button; 1 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. key
Description:
A white pinback campaign button pierced at the bottom with a small metal key hanging from a link. A visual play on words, it reads in blue "For President/ Will-" and the dangling key finishes the name "Willkie". 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.
