Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign: Date: ca. 1972. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005.
The object in the museum catalogue
A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a yellow background with black type, aligned to the left, which reads: [Take / the / CHISHOLM / trail / to / 1600 / Pennsylvania Ave.] A depiction of the Capitol building, outlined in black, is aligned to the right of the text. The edge has a logo in black print with the number [40] to one side. The back of the button rusted and has a single pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1972
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (4.1 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2014.76.10
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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