Folding tab 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: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
label: Subject of
content: International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, American, founded 1904
notes: label: Description
content: A 1960 presidential campaign folding tab, metal button for John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. The button has red, white, and blue horizontal bands. The central white band has blue text that reads, [KENNEDY / and / JOHNSON]. Two (2), white five pointed stars are printed in the red and blue bands above and below the candidates’ names. The folding portion of the button is white and has the manufacturer’s information, union information and logos printed in blue. There are three union labels and the name of the manufacturer printed on the folding tab of the button. The back of the button is silver toned.
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 Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.88.4
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 metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 × 1/16 in. (4.2 × 2.6 × 0.1 cm)