Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1972
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Columbia Advertising Company, American
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white background with blue and red type that reads: [CATALYST FOR CHANGE] around the top in red, and [SHIRLEY / CHISHOLM / FOR / PRESIDENT] in blue, centered below. The edge of the pin reads in blue text: [Columbia Advertising Company 133-14 101 Richmond Hill, NY 11419]. Next to the text is a logo in blue print followed by the number [9]. The back of the button is silver in color, has a single pin without a clasp and an engraving. The engraving has a circular symbol with the word Union on one side.
place: label: Place made
content: Richmond Hill, New York City, Queens, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.76.9
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.8 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)