Pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy 1964 New York Senate campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Amalgamated Lithographers of America, American, founded 1882
notes: label: Description
content: A 1964 campaign pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy for New York Senate and Lyndon B. Johnson for President. In 1964 Johnson ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. Kennedy also ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party and was endorsed by Johnson. The button has blue, white, and red horizontal bands with [Johnson] and [Kennedy] printed in block white text in the blue and red bands. Four (4), red, five pointed stars are printed in the white band between the candidates’ names. There is a union mark printed along the rounded edges of this button. The back of the button is silver toned with a silver-colored pin.
place: label: Place made
content: 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, 1961-1969
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, Gifted by Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.88.2
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 1/8 × 1 × 3/16 in. (2.8 × 2.5 × 0.4 cm)