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 gold and blue type that reads: [LET'S GET / TO THE] in gold, around the top of a blue heart, [CHISHOLM] through a blue tinted depiction of Shirley Chisholm’s face inside of the blue heart, and [OF THE / PROBLEM] in gold around the bottom edge of the heart. The number [425] in blue type is on the edge of the button. The back of the button is 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 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (3.5 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.76.5
• 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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