Pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A metal pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The button features one line of text reading [STOKES] where the [OK] is in white type while the other letters are printed in black, the background is a dark orange. The words are printed directly on the button. The back of the button has a straight pin extending beyond the diameter of the button. There is an illegible printer's shop mark in black on the bottom edge of the button, to the right of that appears [241-L].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1967
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Carl Stokes, American, 1927 - 1996
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: pigment on metal
• Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.36.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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