- Created by
- Lightfoot for Chicago, American, founded 2018
- Subject of
- Lightfoot, Lori, American, born 1962
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 18 × 24 3/16 × 3/16 in. (45.7 × 61.5 × 0.4 cm)
- Caption
- Lori Lightfoot is the first black woman and the first openly gay leader of the city of Chicago. Her election in February of 2019 made Chicago the largest city in the United States to have an openly LGBTQ mayor and the largest city in the United States to be led by a woman.
- Description
- 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]
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- signs
- Topic
- LGBTQ
- Politics
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aaron Bryant
- Object number
- 2019.41.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




