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Richard Nixon campaign button
Round pin-back metal button supporting Richard Nixon's 1960 campaign for president. The button has "Nixon" in blue letters inside the shape of the state of Texas in white on a red background.
Richard Nixon campaign button
1960
Metal
Diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1996.006.1171
Phil Willis (1918-1995), the original collector of this item, was a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps who survived the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 and was also an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination. He took a series of important color photographs of the Kennedy motorcade and the Dealey Plaza aftermath which continue to be studied by researchers around the world. During the 1960 election, Willis was a very active local volunteer for the Kennedy/Johnson campaign. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Richard Nixon campaign button
Round pin-back metal button supporting Richard Nixon's 1960 campaign for president. The button has "Nixon" in blue letters inside the shape of the state of Texas in white on a red background.
Richard Nixon campaign button
1960
1960 presidential election
Presidential campaign
Nixon, Richard M.
Willis, Phil
Chicago
Metal
Diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1996.006.1171
Phil Willis (1918-1995), the original collector of this item, was a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps who survived the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 and was also an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination. He took a series of important color photographs of the Kennedy motorcade and the Dealey Plaza aftermath which continue to be studied by researchers around the world. During the 1960 election, Willis was a very active local volunteer for the Kennedy/Johnson campaign. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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