Pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for President: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for president. The button features an illustration of the head and right raised arm of the Statue of Liberty in black ink. A series of red rays emanate from the statue. Red type curving along the top of the button reads [Liberty & Equality]. Red type in the middle of the button reads [Chisholm / 72]. The back of the button is rusted and has a straight pin extending beyond the diameter of the button. There is a printer's mark in red ink on the bottom edge of the button. There is another red ink mark at the top edge that is illegible.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Manufactured by: Bristow, American
• Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product), metal, plastic laminate
• Dimensions: 1 x 1/4 in. (2.5 x 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.36.3
• 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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