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. The button features a small blue illustration of the Statue of Liberty at the top. Below that are three lines of text [SHIRLEY] appears large and in red ink and [THE SPIRIT / OF '72] appears below in blue ink.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 blue ink on the bottom edge of the button, it is partly 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 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.36.4
• 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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