License plate attachment, Wendell Willkie, 1940
date: label: date made
content: 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Before paper bumper stickers were invented, cars were decorated with metal signs known as bumper or license plate attachments. This license plate attachment promoted Wendell Willkie, a lawyer and corporate executive, who was the 1940 Republican nominee for president. Willkie lost to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was re-elected to an unprecedented third term.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.104
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.104
objectType: label: Object Name
content: license plate attachment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 31.115 cm