Pinback button for David Dinkins mayoral campaign
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1990
name: label: Designed by
content: Keith Allen Haring, American, 1958 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: David N. Dinkins, American, born 1927
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback campaign button for David Dinkins. The background of the button is white. At the center of the button there is a square with drawing of an apple and the outlines of people. Above the apple, block text reads [Dinkins]. In the lower right corner of the square there is a signature for Keith Haring. Below the square, black text reads [For A United New York City!]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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 T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.143
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Keith Haring
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)