Pinback button reading "New Jersey Loves Dinkins": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A red heart-shaped pinback button supporting David Dinkins, the 106th mayor of the City of New York. The button has white text throughout that reads [New Jersey Loves Dinkins]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: David N. Dinkins, American, born 1927
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 3/8 in. (7.3 × 7.3 × 1 cm)
• Place depicted: New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2013.68.44
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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