Bumper sticker for Mayor Washington: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Blue bumper sticker with white text centered in the middle. The text reads “Mayor / Washington.” The background has narrow, light-blue lines radiate out from the middle of the bumper sticker. In the lower right corner is a white logo for the union manufacturer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1986
• Printed by: Graphic Communications International Union, 1983 - 2005
• Subject of: Harold Washington, American, 1922 - 1987
• Type: bumper stickers
• Medium: ink on paper, adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 x 12 in. (7.6 x 30.5 cm)
• Place collected: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2013.216.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Terry S. Pretzer
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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