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

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd510ee71b1-d62c-44b1-801e-13b918f65901