[WILLKIE, Wendell (1892-1944)]. A group of photographs, tickets, publications, sheet music, and other ephemera related Willkie's 1940 presidential nomination and campaign.

14 photographs from Willkie's formal acceptance of the 1940 Republican nomination in Elwood, Indiana. -- Ticket to National Guest Luncheon. Elwood, IN, 17 August 1940. -- Formal invitation to the Ceremonies in Elwood.

[With:] Remember Your Real Friends! What Has Wendell L. Willkie to Say to the colored People of America. New York: Manhattan Campaign Committee for Willkie and McNary, [1940]. Front wrapper with image of Willkie shaking hands with and speaking with three Black men.

[With:] ARCHIBALD, Joe. Bedtime Tories, or Where There's a Willkie There's a Way. New York: House of Field, Inc., 1940. 8vo. With publisher's advertisement laid in. RARE: OCLC locates only 5 copies.

[Also with:] 44 handbills, pamphlets, flyers, tickets, and cards. -- 6 illustrated covers. -- 3 broadsides. -- 3 tickets to the 1940 Republican National convention.

Collection of Tom Charles Huston

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[WILLKIE, Wendell (1892-1944)]. A group of photographs, tickets, publications, sheet music, and other ephemera related Willkie's 1940 presidential nomination and campaign.

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