Pinback button for Kennedy - Johnson 1960 presidential campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, American, founded 1904
label: Subject of
content: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
notes: label: Description
content: A 1960 presidential campaign pinback button for John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. The button is red, white, and blue. In the central white, elliptical-shaped band is a black-and-white graphic of Kennedy and Johnson depicted side-by-side, from the shoulders up, and facing the viewer. Both men are smiling. The red band above the white band has white text that reads, [NEW / LEADERSHIP]. The blue band below the white band has white text that reads, [KENNEDY / JOHNSON]. There are three union labels and the name of the manufacturer printed along the rounded back edges of the button. The back of the button is silver toned with a brass pin.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aaron Bryant
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.88.3
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (3.5 × 4 × 0.5 cm)