- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Senator Kennedy, Robert F., American, 1925 - 1968
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Amalgamated Lithographers of America, American, founded 1882
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 1/8 × 1 × 3/16 in. (2.8 × 2.5 × 0.4 cm)
- Description
- A 1964 campaign pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy for New York Senate and Lyndon B. Johnson for President. In 1964 Johnson ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. Kennedy also ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party and was endorsed by Johnson. The button has blue, white, and red horizontal bands with [Johnson] and [Kennedy] printed in block white text in the blue and red bands. Four (4), red, five pointed stars are printed in the white band between the candidates’ names. There is a union mark printed along the rounded edges of this button. The back of the button is silver toned with a silver-colored pin.
- Place made
- 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, Gifted by Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
- Object number
- 2017.88.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




