/internal/media/dispatcher/7633/fullKennedy-Johnson campaign collar tab19601 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm)MetalPhil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1996.006.11700Kennedy-Johnson metal campaign lapel tab from the 1960 presidential election. The tab has a rectangular front section with a smaller round tab extending off the center on one side. The round tab would have been folded behind the wearer's collar leaving the rectangular label visible.
The visible part of the tab has Kennedy and Johnson printed in white bock letters on red and blue backgrounds. "Kennedy" is on top on a red background with "Johnson" below on blue. There is a thin white line separating the two colors.
The folding tab is white background with "Green Duck Co. Chicago" and two small logos with "313" and "634" next to them printed in blue.Artifacts635273.81000000002.540000000015046Campaign ephemeraKennedy-Johnson metal campaign collar tab from the 1960 presidential election. The red, white and blue tag says "Kennedy-Johnson". The round tab reads "Green Duck Co., Chicago, 313 634" with two different emblems. The round tab would have been folded behind the wearer's collar leaving the rectangular label visible.
1960 presidential electionPresidential campaignWillis, PhilKennedy, John F.Johnson, Lyndon B.ChicagoPhil 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