Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3782
Date:
1948
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
Two dark blue pinback campaign buttons both printed in white "Wallace/ '48". Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice President of the United States, 1941-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; and the Progressive candidate against Truman for President of the United States, 1948.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
