Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
ca. 1972
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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
