Button, Campaign

Object Name:: Button, Campaign
Object ID:: 2003.019.35
Creator:: Green Duck Company -- Manufacturer
Place of Origin:: Chicago, IL
Date:: 1936
Description:: Presidential campaign pin button, Alf Landon and Frank Knox, 1936. Circular, one-piece metal button. Brown with yellow elephant, yellow and brown lettering: "LANDON / G O P / KNOX". Blue union bugs, image of a duck, and lettering on back: "GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO / PAT. FEB 13 1917". Pin on back.
Material:: Metal
Dimensions:: D-0.15 Dia-0.8 inches
Credit Line:: Gift of Richard Cummings
People:: Landon, Alfred M. (1887-1987), Knox, William Franklin (1874-1944), Roosevelt, Franklin (1882-1945)
Subjects:: Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, Political campaigns, Elephants