Pinback button for Channing Phillips' presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A metal and plastic pinback button. Over a white background, blue text in the center reads: [CHANNING / PHILLIPS / FOR / PRESIDENT]. Around the edge, printed in red text is: [END THE WAR -- REMAKE THE CITIES -- FREE D.C.]. The back of the pin has a metal fastener without a clasp. Red text around the edge of the back of the pin reads: [Monarch Novelty Co. Wash D C]. The text is followed by illegible numbers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Manufactured by: Monarch Novelty, American
• Subject of: Channing E. Phillips, American, 1928 - 1987
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter (depth includes pin): 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (5.7 x 0.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2011.105.1
• 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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