Pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as John Kerry’s running mate: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as a Vice Presidential running mate for Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. The button is red with white, block text the reads, [THE BEST/ FOR 2004 / JOHN / KERRY / & / OPRAH / WINFREY]. Below the text are two, cropped, color photographic images of John Kerry and Oprah Winfrey. Kerry is depicted from the shoulders up, in three quarters profile. He is looking towards the left side of the button. He is wearing a black jacket, white button down shirt, and a pink tie. Winfrey is depicted from the waist up, facing the viewer, with her arms slightly extended. She is wearing a grey, off-the-shoulders, wrap dress. Her image overlays Kerry's. The back of the button is silver toned with a silver toned pin.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2004
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
• Subject of: Secretary of State John Kerry, American, born 1943
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 5.6 × 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Television
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2017.72.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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