Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- A.G. Trimble Co., American, founded 1913
- Subject of
- Chisholm, Shirley Anita, American, 1924 - 2005
- AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
- Date
- ca. 1972
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (5.1 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white background with red type that reads: [SHIRLEY CHISHOLM for PRESIDENT] around the top and ["_to represent all Americans"] around the bottom. The center of the button has a black-and-white depiction of Shirley Chisholm inside a red female symbol. Black text around the edge of the button reads: [(c) 1972 A. G. TRIMBLE E CO. PGH, PA.15222)]. The edge also has a diamond logo that reads [AFL-CIO IUDTW]. The back of the button is silver in color, and has a single pin without a clasp.
- Place made
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.76.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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