Yard sign for Lori Lightfoot mayoral campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A plastic yard sign promoting Lori Lightfoot for the position of Mayor of Chicago. Sign is white, dark blue, and light blue. One side reads [Lori / Lightfoot / FOR CHICAGO MAYOR / PAID FOR BY LIGHTFOOT FOR CHICAGO] with a blue star radiating four light blue beams at top. Second side reads [BRING IN THE / LIGHT / Lori / Lightfoot / FOR CHICAGO MAYOR / PAID FOR BY LIGHTFOOT FOR CHICAGO]. At bottom right of both sides of sign is union bug reading [GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE / ® [UNION] GCC/IBT [LABEL] / INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS / 12-L / CHICAGO LOCAL 458-M]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Created by: Lightfoot for Chicago, American, founded 2018
• Subject of: Lori Lightfoot, American, born 1962
• Type: signs
• Medium: plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 18 × 24 3/16 × 3/16 in. (45.7 × 61.5 × 0.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2019.41.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aaron Bryant
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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.