Pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for President

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Bristow, American

Subject of

Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005

Description

A white pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm. The button features a small blue illustration of the Statue of Liberty at the top. Below that are three lines of text [SHIRLEY] appears large and in red ink and [THE SPIRIT / OF '72] appears below in blue ink.The back of the button is rusted and has a straight pin extending beyond the diameter of the button. There is a printer's mark in blue ink on the bottom edge of the button, it is partly illegible.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift

Date

1972

Object number

2014.36.4

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

ink on paper (fiber product), metal, plastic laminate

Dimensions

1 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Politics

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e2dd0155-5fd5-4183-97a9-b9dffd594106

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.36.4