Bumper sticker endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An orange bumper sticker printed with black text advocating Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland. The sticker reads [STOKES] across the top half in bold letters, with [For A Better Cleveland] printed in smaller, narrower letters on the bottom half. Information on the Stokes for Mayor Committee is in small print along the bottom of the bumper sticker. In the bottom PR corner is a stamp, mostly illegible, likely a printer's union mark identifying at what shop the sticker was produced. The back of the sticker is covered in a waxy paper over the adhesive, which bears the manufacturer's logo.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1967
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Commissioned by: Stokes for Mayor Committee, American, 1965 - 1967
• Subject of: Carl Stokes, American, 1927 - 1996
• Type: bumper stickers
• Medium: ink and adhesive on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 × 12 in. (7.6 × 30.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.36.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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