Campaign of
Thomas Edmund Dewey
(American, 1902 – 1971)
Pin-back button
1944-48
Place madeUnited States, North America
Metal
Overall: 1/8 in. × 1 in. (0.3 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.3802
Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948.
DescriptionA red pinback campaign button with a central blue band with white printing that reads "I'M ON THE / DEWEY / TEAM".ClassificationsLANDAUER COLLECTION OF BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING EPHEMERA
Collections
- Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection