"Answer Peekskill" campaign pin for Ben Davis
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
notes: label: Description
content: Small round Ben Davis political button with a pin back. Red lettering on an off-white background reads "Answer Peekskill/ Re-Elect/ Ben Davis/ Vote A.L.P." emblem of the Allied Printing Trades Council (labor union) appears between the last two lines. The back is a simple metal stickpin; there is no catch for the pin. There are several small rust spots.
place: label: Place purchased
content: Gardner, Worchester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: United States History
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.207.2
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: plastic on paper on metal
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)