Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white background with red type that reads: [SHIRLEY CHISHOLM for PRESIDENT] around the top and ["_to represent all Americans"] around the bottom. The center of the button has a black-and-white depiction of Shirley Chisholm inside a red female symbol. Black text around the edge of the button reads: [(c) 1972 A. G. TRIMBLE E CO. PGH, PA.15222)]. The edge also has a diamond logo that reads [AFL-CIO IUDTW]. The back of the button is silver in color, and has a single pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1972
• Manufactured by: A.G. Trimble Co., American, founded 1913
• Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
• Subject of: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (5.1 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
• Place made: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.76.11
• 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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