Collection Highlights
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society : adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833
Date:
Publication: 1848-1855
Object Number:
LIB.E449.A53.1848
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.1.4575
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper, ribbon
Dimensions:
1 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A campaign button with a photograph of Wendell Willkie encircled by a border of red and white stripes and white stars on blue, with red, white and blue cloth ribbons attached to the bottom and a little gray plastic Republican elephant dangling from a thread below the pin. 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.
