Pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for President

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Object Details

Date: ca. 1972

Manufactured by: Larry Fox Assoc., American
Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005

Description: A yellow pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for president. The button features five lines of black block text printed on a yellow background. [UNBOSSED AND UNBOUGHT] appears at the top in small print, curving around the edge of hte button. Below this is written [SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT]. The back of the button is rusted and has a straight pin extending beyond the diameter of the button. There is a printer's mark printed on the bottom edge of the button, partly visible.

Topic: African American; Politics; U.S. History, 1969-2001

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2014.36.5

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible; Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product), metal, plastic laminate
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ff5b8d6-c1b8-4e8e-8438-e0d0e942f05a

Record ID: nmaahc_2014.36.5