Pass for the 2018 Georgia Get Out the Vote Rally: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A bright blue staff pass for the Georgia “Get Out The Vote” Rally, November 2, 2018.

On blue cotton lanyard, this pass features large white print which reads: [PRESIDENT / OBAMA / to Visit Georgia for a / GET OUT THE VOTE / RALLY / with Stacey Abrams and Democratic Candidates / Across Georgia. / OUR CHANCE. OUR CHOICE. / Our Georgia / November 2, 2018 / STAFF]. Along the bottom is small white text reading [Paid for by the Democratic Party of GA - www.georgiademocrat.org\].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Commissioned by: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
• Subject of: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018
• Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
• Type: badges
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic and cord (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 23 11/16 × 4 in. (60.2 × 10.2 cm)
• Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2021.6.17
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Stacey Y. Abrams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Democratic Party of Georgia Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.