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Country: United States

  1. Textile with embroidered names

    Burlap patch embroidered with a series of names and the dates 1940-1946.

  2. Third Term - Third Reich campaign button

  3. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  4. Anti-Roosevelt, pro-Willkie 1940 presidential campaign button

    Anti-Roosevelt, pro-Willkie campaign button for the 1940 Presidential Election. Several variations of this button were manufactured at a rapid pace. Some had different background colors, while others had different text size and font styles. The campaign button was used to build awareness, and encourage positive word of mouth for the Republican challenger, Wendell Willkie, while simultaneously discouraging support for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). FDR was running for an unprecedented third term, which was a major factor the Republicans pressed during the campaign...

  5. Dictators don't debate campaign button

  6. No Third term campaign button with Uncle Sam

  7. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "Jap Hunting License" with outline of map of United States, a "Keep Out" sign and a likeness of Uncle Sam, holding a rifle.

  8. Give Roosevelt his rest campaign button

  9. American propaganda poster depicting Mussolini, Tojo, and Hitler listening for information

    Poster depicting the heads of Axis leaders, Benito Mussolini of Italy, Hideki Tojo of Japan, and Adolf Hitler of Germany, above a clear warning. Each man is holding a hand cupped to one ear, suggesting that he is listening carefully for any careless talk revealing valuable information about the United States or their allies. The poster was designed by Ralph Iligan, an artist working for the Graphics Division of the United States Office of War Information, in 1942. The need to manage information about the war on the home front led to the establishment of the OWI in June 1942. This office con...

  10. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "Japs Get Out!"

  11. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  12. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  13. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button. "Jap Hunting License/Open Season/No Limit." Lettering around image of a Japanese person with stereotypical features and a red star on his military cap.

  14. No Third Term campaign button

  15. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "Swat the Jap"

  16. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  17. Display board with pins

    American propaganda anti-Axis board with pins

  18. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Axis pin

  19. Display board with pins

    Display board with series of American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back buttons. Display board reads "Wear a Button/Remember Pearl Harbor/Buy War Bonds", and each identical pin has the words "Remember Pearl Harbor" and an American flag. The board is dated 1942.

  20. Pin-back button

    American propaganda anti-Japanese pin-back button, "Japan Wanted for Murder"