Pinback button for David Dinkins campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback campaign button supporting David Dinkins in his 1989 New York City mayoral campaign. The button has a blue background with an image of a red apple. At center, white text reads [Dinkins]. Below the text there is a white illegible union stamp. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Subject of: David N. Dinkins, American, born 1927
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Professional organizations
• Object number: 2013.68.108
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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