Novelty, Wendell Willkie, 1940
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: associated person
content: Willkie, Wendell L.
notes: label: Description
content: Political historian Roger A. Fischer claims that the 1940 election between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Republican challenger Wendell Willkie “inspired a volume and variety of campaign objects without equal in American history.” Many Republican objects featured alliterative phrases that took advantage of the W’s in their candidate’s name. Among the more unusual campaign tokens that year were feathers which Willkie supporters could use in a variety of ways including sticking them in their hats. Catchy phrases and novelty items did not help Willkie defeat President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was re-elected to a historic third term.
topic: label: general subject association
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: David H. Ashby, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.280401.01
label: catalog number
content: 280401.01
label: accession number
content: 280401
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Feather
label: Object Type
content: feather
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: feather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 17.145 cm