Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign pennant
Object Number:
INV.7415ab
Date:
1940
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 9 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.
Marks:
printed: at fly: "LOCAL 230 P. P. P."
printed: along hoist: "WIN/ WILLKIE/ WITH"
Description:
White cotton campaign pennant of Wendell Willkie; printed with five blue and white stripes and the inscription, "WIN/ WILLKIE/ WITH;" stapled to a wooden staff with a gold painted finial.
Gallery Label:
Wendell Willkie ran on the Republic ticket against Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
