Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Political pocket mirror
Object Number:
2002.1.3775
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
Political pocket mirror with campaign button front divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, that reads in the center white section in blue "The Lady/ On The Other Side/ Is Requested To Vote For/ Willkie". On the reverse is a mirror. 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.
