Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin
Object Number:
2002.1.4579
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal
Dimensions:
1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
A campaign pin made of a tiny celluloid elephant shaded in red, white and blue with the name "Willkie" in dark blue across the center, attached to a metal stick 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.
