- 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 text on dark blue background and the same on both sides. At top is design with white star with four beam emanating from it. Beneath it reads [Lori / Lightfoot / FOR CHICAGO MAYOR / PAID FOR BY LIGHTFOOT FOR CHICAGO]. At bottom center is union bug reading [ALLIED PRINTING / ® TRADES (UNION / LABEL) COUNCIL / CHICAGO, IL / 4004].
- 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
- 2019.41.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




