Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1990.019.05
- Creator:
- Green Duck Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1940
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary, 1940. Circular, metal. "WILLKIE / AND / McNARY" on red, white, and blue horizontal bands. Imprint (very faint) of Green Duck Company on back. No pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- From home of Henry E. Chamberlin (1854-1929), West Concord, NH. Belonged to Harriet Goudie of Concord, aunt of Ross Smart. Ms. Goudie resided at McKerley Nursing Home in Concord at time of donation, and gift was made in her honor.
Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary were Republican candidates for President and Vice-President against FDR in 1940.
Given with four other buttons (World War I). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ross Smart, in honor of Harriet Goudie
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