Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
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Object Details
- Date
- 1972
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
- Description
- A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white and blue background that is sectioned off into quarters through crisscross lines. A blue depiction of Shirley Chisholm is in the center of the button. Blue text surrounds the depiction of Chisholm and reads: [Shirley] in the upper left quadrant, [Right / ON] in the bottom left quadrant, and [1972 / Chisholm / PRESIDENT] in the bottom right quadrant. The back of the button is silver in color and has a single pin without a clasp.
- Topic
- African American
- Politics
- Women
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
- 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
- 2014.76.8
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 11/16 × 1/2 × 3/16 in. (4.3 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.76.8