Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3777
Date:
1940
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A large white pinback campaign button with a central photolithograph of Wendell Willkie flanked by eagles encircled by the words in black "Our Next President/ Wendell Lewis Willkie". 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.