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Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign

ca. 1972

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white background with gold and blue type that reads: [LET'S GET / TO THE] in gold, around the top of a blue heart, [CHISHOLM] through a blue tinted depiction of Shirley Chisholm’s face inside of the blue heart, and [OF THE / PROBLEM] in gold around the bottom edge of the heart. The number [425] in blue type is on the edge of the button. The back of the button is rusted and has a single pin without a clasp.

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Catalog reference: 2014.76.5

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