Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign necktie
Object Number:
INV.7390
Date:
1940
Medium:
Synthetic textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 111.1 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: all over: "Willkie"
Description:
Navy blue campaign necktie from the 1940 presidential campaign of Wendell Willkie; "Willkie" embroidered repeatedly in white in angled stripes.
Gallery Label:
Wendell Willkie ran against FDR in the 1940 presidential campaign on the Republican ticket.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
