"Answer Peekskill" campaign pin for Ben Davis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Small round Ben Davis political button with a pin back. Red lettering on an off-white background reads "Answer Peekskill/ Re-Elect/ Ben Davis/ Vote A.L.P." emblem of the Allied Printing Trades Council (labor union) appears between the last two lines. The back is a simple metal stickpin; there is no catch for the pin. There are several small rust spots.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1940s
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: plastic on paper on metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
• Place purchased: Gardner, Worchester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: United States History
• Object number: 2013.207.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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