Lapel pin for the Jesse Jackson 1984 presidential election: Museum Object and Cultural History
Lapel pin for the Jesse Jackson 1984 presidential election: Date: 1983 - 1984. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026.
The object in the museum catalogue
A round metal lapel pin featuring a photograph portrait of Jesse Jackson. At the top, against a red background is [JESSE JACKSON] in gold lettering; at bottom, against a blue background is [for PRESIDENT in '84] in gold lettering.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1983 - 1984
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2011.159.3.37
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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