Hand-painted banner for Obama presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Hand-painted banner for Obama presidential campaign: Date: 2008. Created by: Elizabeth Hess, American. Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961.
The object in the museum catalogue
Dark blue cotton fabric with white acrylic painted lettering; banner was modified after 2008 Election results to include white cotton patch with blue ink; white cords present to hang from top corners.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2008
- Created by: Elizabeth Hess, American
- Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Type: banners
- Medium: cotton (fiber) and acrylic paint
- Dimensions: H x W: 58 x 108 1/2 in. (147.3 x 275.6 cm)
- Place made: New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2010.33
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth Hess
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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