Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
- Manufactured by
- Bristow, American
- Subject of
- Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
- Description
- A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white background with red type that reads: [Liberty & Equality] around the top edge of the button, and [Chisholm / 72] in the center. The bottom of the button has a depiction of the bust of the Statue of Liberty (in black), with red lines coming out from it and going to the edges of the button. The edge of the button has [Bristow Box 1741 Santa Cruz CA 9504] written on it in red type. The edge of the button also has a red logo. The back of the button is silver in color, but has some rust marks. The pin does not have a clasp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1972
- Object number
- 2014.76.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
- Place made
- Box 1741, Santa Cruz, California, United States, North and Central America
- 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
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Politics
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.76.6
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd510ee71b1-d62c-44b1-801e-13b918f65901