Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign

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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 circular metal pin-back button. It has a yellow background with black type that reads: [UNBOSSED AND UNBOUGHT / SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT]. The fonts vary in size. Black type, around the edge of the pin reads: [LARRY FOX ASSOC. P.O. BOX 581 HEMPSTEAD NEW YORK]. The back of the button is silver in color, has a single pin without a clasp and an engraving.
Place made
Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Politics
Women
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.76.3
Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Medium
metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c73ffea4-6a5b-4e66-a6c9-6e2e9710d38a
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.76.3