Pinback button for Kenneth A. Gibson mayoral campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pink, yellow, black, and white pinback button for Kenneth A. Gibson's campaign for mayor of Newark, New Jersey. The top of the button has a pink arc with a yellow semi-circle under it. The majority of the pin has a black background with white and yellow text that reads [Gibson / A-1]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacture's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Manufactured by: Hewig & Marvic, American, founded 1970
• Subject of: Kenneth A. Gibson, American, 1932 - 2019
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.3 cm)
• Place used: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2013.68.21
• 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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