Pinback button to re-elect Clinton and Gore "in the tradition of JFK": Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button to re-elect Clinton and Gore "in the tradition of JFK": Date: 1996. Manufactured by: Bold Concepts Unlimited, Inc., American, founded 1983. Subject of: President Bill Clinton, American, born 1946.
The object in the museum catalogue
Square pin-back button with a red background. The top half features a black and white photographic image showing a compilation of headshots of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Gray and white text under the image reads [In the tradition of / JFK / re-elect / Clinton/Gore '96]. White text on the bottom lip reads [BOLD CONCEPTS NYC 212-764-6330] The back is covered in black cardboard and has a horizontal pin fastener.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1996
- Manufactured by: Bold Concepts Unlimited, Inc., American, founded 1983
- Subject of: President Bill Clinton, American, born 1946
- Subject of: Al Gore, American, born 1948
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal, cardboard, plastic laminate
- Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/2 × 2 9/16 × 5/16 in. (6.4 × 6.5 × 0.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2013.201.1.11
- 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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