Button, Political

Name/Title

Button, Political

Entry/Object ID

1991.026.024

Description

Brass button in shape of an elephant's head - Willkie is above the elephant - very small. Wendell Lewis Willkie - February 18, 1892-October 8, 1944 - was a corporate lawyer in the United States and a dark horse who became the Republican Party nominee for president in 1940. A member of the liberal wing of the party, he crusaded against those domestic policies of the New Deal that he thought were inefficient and anti-business.

Collection

Political Artifacts

Made/Created

Notes

Date: Unknown

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Width 1/2" Length 1/2"

Material

Metal (Brass)

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent