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Fire engine condenser case
1830-1840
1937.1631
Wood, paint, gilding
Artist/Maker: Thomas Grenell

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Button

Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
1940
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Offset Gravure Corporation
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description 
Circular metal pin-back campaign button "REGISTERED/1940/VOTER"; red, white and blue.
Object Number 
1940.781
Gallery Label 
This button was worn by a voter in the 1940 Presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt was re-elected.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.