Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Win what? with Wilkie
Object Number:
Z.3254
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "WIN/WHAT?/WITH/WILLKIE"
Description:
Circular pin-back campaign button; inscribed in green on yellow background: "WIN/WHAT?/WITH/WILLKIE"
Gallery Label:
Wendell Willkie ran for the presidency in 1940 but lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
