Pinback button from the 2008 Obama campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button from the 2008 Obama campaign: Date: 2008. Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
Political button with a dark blue background and Obama's logo graphic in top left corner; white horizontal stripe directly beneath center. [I AM AN/OBAMA/PRECINCT/CAPTAIN/WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2008
- Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper, metal, and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter (x depth): 2 1/4 x 5/16 in. (5.7 x 0.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2012.91.10
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of M. Denise Dennis
- 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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