Pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1967
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Carl Stokes, American, 1927 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: A metal pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The button features one line of text reading [STOKES] where the [OK] is in white type while the other letters are printed in black, the background is a dark orange. The words are printed directly on the button. The back of the button has a straight pin extending beyond the diameter of the button. There is an illegible printer's shop mark in black on the bottom edge of the button, to the right of that appears [241-L].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.36.6
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on metal
label: Dimensions
content: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)