Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1977.021.142.02.2
- Date:
- 1940
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, Wendell Willkie, 1940. Circular, plastic-covered paper on metal. Blue lettering on red, white, and blue: "WILLKIE". Union bug on edge. Brass pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired with household goods, photographs, and other memorabilia of the Hammond / Kimball families of Concord, NH. Priscilla Hammond (1900-1977) was the daughter of Otis G. Hammond (1869-1944), former Director of NHHS.
Otis Hammond served in the N.H. National Guard, 1891-99 and 1910-15. He served on the staff of Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding, 1915-17. He was a Major in the First Infantry, N.H. State Guard, 1917-23. - People:
- Willkie, Wendell (1892-1944)
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