Pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential primary campaign

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential primary campaign

Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
Description
A 1968 presidential primary campaign pinback button for Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The button is white with a blue, graphic outline of the United States. Red and blue text printed within the graphic reads, [KENNEDY / the spirit of ‘68]. There is a union mark printed along the rounded edges of this button. The back of the button is silver toned with a brass pin.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted by Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
1968
Object number
2017.88.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Medium
ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.9 × 5.6 × 0.9 cm)
Place made
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Civil Rights
Politics
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Record ID
nmaahc_2017.88.1
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5380ec6c1-3fee-4f13-aeb2-83c951a89c17