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 white background with red type that reads: [SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT]. The text is in all capitalization and in different font sizes. The button has a logo on its edge. The logo text reads: [AFL.CI0 / IUDTW] inside an oval. 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: Unidentified
- 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 × 5/16 in. (5.1 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2014.76.4
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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