Roosevelt/Wallace Corn Button

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Title: Roosevelt/Wallace Corn Button
Creator(s): Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
Geraghty & Company (Chicago, Il.) (creator)
Date: 1940
Content Type: button
Subject(s): Elections
Voting
Political campaigns
Pesidential candidates
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Geographic Area: Chicago (Il.)
Time Period: 1940-1949
Description: 1/2-inch pin back button featuring the image of an ear of corn in light green and yellow centered over a white background. Green text arched along the outer edge of the button reads "ROOSEVELT WALLACE". Reverse has label for Chas. M. Geraghty, Inc. (Chicago, Il.)
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Classification: RooseveltWallace.tif
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library Art Museum