Pinback button for DC mayoral candidate Sharon Pratt Dixon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A round metal pinback button in support of Sharon Pratt Dixon’s Washington D.C. mayoral campaign of 1991. The front of the button features a red background and has large white text that reads “SHARON PRATT / DIXON / FOR MAYOR”. The AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations) emblem is present at the bottom of the button. Along the edge of the button is small white text that reads: [AUTH. AND PD. FOR BY THE DIXON FOR MAYOR COMM., KEITH PERRY, TREA.]. The back of the button is plain and unmarked metal with an unlocking pin style fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1991
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Sharon Pratt Kelly, American, born 1944
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/16 in. (4.2 × 4.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2021.20.302
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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