Button, Campaign
Object number2015.22.1415
Date1940
Mediummetal; ink
Credit LineThe Elaine B. and Carl Krasik Collection of Pennsylvania and Presidential Political Memorabilia
DescriptionCircular metal lithograph open-back button with vertical pinback. Front features red, white, and blue sections of color in the center. The red and blue sections features white text, and white section features blue text. Metal back features a maker's mark. Beneath maker's mark are two illegible union labels.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1.063 × 0.875 × 0.188 in. (2.7 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm)InscriptionsText throughout reads "MEMBER / ASSOCIATED / WILLKIE / CLUBS OF / ILLINOIS".
MarksMaker's mark features an image of a duck, with text above "GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO".
Related person
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Related institution
Republican Party
(United States, founded 1854)
Related institution
Willkie Clubs of Illinois
On View
Not on view
1956
1952
