Pinback button for the Willie Brown campaign for Assemblyman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

White button with a black stripe at center. Above the stripe in black is the word "Willie." On the black stripe in orange is the word "Brown." Below the stripe in black letters are the words "Democrat Assemblyman." At the bottom of the button is a seal for the Allied Priorities Trade Council and the number "179."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1964
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Willie Brown, American, born 1934
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
• Place used: California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2011.159.3.13
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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