Fe En El Sueño Americano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A tri-fold Barack Obama brochure, in Spanish and in English. The front features a black and white picture of Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama. Light blue and white text above the image on a blue background reads [FE EN EL / SUEÑO AMERICANO / FAITH IN THE AMERICAN DREAM]. [SUEÑO AMERICANO] is the central line of text and it is in the largest and boldest font. The inside of the brochure contains a color photographic image of a girl and a man wearing an Obama shirt, quotes from Barack Obama, and a bulleted list of Obama's policies. The policies relate to tax cuts for middle class households, ending the war in Iraq, ensuring access to health care, rewarding companies that create jobs in the United States, veteran affairs, immigration reform, and social security. The back features a color image of a rural landscape with [ÚNETE AL / MOVIMENTO / JOIN US] in large font at the center of the page. Below this is a red ribbon with Obama’s circular campaign logo in the middle. Below this, is a three-column list of the contact information for various Virginia campaign offices in Arlington, Dumfries, Falls Church, Manassas, Richmond, and Southern Fairfax County. Below the addresses and phone numbers of these campaign offices, a small block of text reads [NUESTRA COMUNIDAD DESEMPAÑARÁ UN PAPEL CLAVE EN LAS ELECCIONES DE 2008, / POSIBLEMENTE LAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE ESTA GENERACIÓN, PARA PARTICIPAR, VISITE / VA.BARACKOBAMA.COM, O LLAME AL 1-877-850-2008, O TEXTO VA A OBAMA (62262)].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2008
• Created by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Democratic Party of Virginia, American, founded 1926
• Photograph by: Annie Leibovitz, American, born 1949
• Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
• Subject of: Obama for America, American, founded 2007
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Subject of: First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Malia Obama, American, born 1998
• Type: brochures
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (folded): 8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.7 × 16.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (unfolded): 8 9/16 × 19 5/16 in. (21.7 × 49.1 cm)
• Place collected: Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Economics
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Health
• Topic: Immigration
• Object number: 2011.93.42.2
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Photograph © Annie Liebovitz Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.