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: Columbia Advertising Company, American. 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 blue and red type that reads: [CATALYST FOR CHANGE] around the top in red, and [SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT] in blue, centered below. The edge of the pin reads in blue text: [Columbia Advertising Company 133-14 101 Richmond Hill, NY 11419]. Next to the text is a logo in blue print followed by the number [9]. The back of the button is silver in color, has a single pin without a clasp and an engraving. The engraving has a circular symbol with the word Union on one side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1972
- Manufactured by: Columbia Advertising Company, American
- Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.8 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
- Place made: Richmond Hill, New York City, Queens, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2014.76.9
- 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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