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Campaign of (American, 1892 – 1944)

Pin-back buttons (pair)

1940
Place madeUnited States, North America
Celluloid, metal, paper
Overall: 1/8 in. × 7/8 in. (0.3 × 2.2 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.3760
Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
DescriptionTwo pinback campaign buttons divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that read "Willkie/ For President", with "Willkie" in blue across the central white section.
Collections
  • Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
Pin-back buttons (pair)
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3761
Pin-back buttons (pair)
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3759
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3767
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3765
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3769
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3766
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3764
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
ca. 1940
2002.1.3763
Pin-back buttons (pair)
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3758
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3777
Pin-back buttons (pair)
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3762
Pin-back button
Wendell Lewis Willkie
1940
2002.1.3770