Pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as John Kerry’s running mate
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2004
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Secretary of State John Kerry, American, born 1943
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button supporting Oprah Winfrey as a Vice Presidential running mate for Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. The button is red with white, block text the reads, [THE BEST/ FOR 2004 / JOHN / KERRY / & / OPRAH / WINFREY]. Below the text are two, cropped, color photographic images of John Kerry and Oprah Winfrey. Kerry is depicted from the shoulders up, in three quarters profile. He is looking towards the left side of the button. He is wearing a black jacket, white button down shirt, and a pink tie. Winfrey is depicted from the waist up, facing the viewer, with her arms slightly extended. She is wearing a grey, off-the-shoulders, wrap dress. Her image overlays Kerry's. The back of the button is silver toned with a silver toned pin.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Television
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.72.1
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: ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 5.6 × 0.6 cm)