Pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential primary campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
notes: label: Description
content: A 1968 presidential primary campaign pinback button for Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The button is white with a blue, graphic outline of the United States. Red and blue text printed within the graphic reads, [KENNEDY / the spirit of ‘68]. There is a union mark printed along the rounded edges of this button. The back of the button is silver toned with a brass 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: 2017.88.1
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: 2 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.9 × 5.6 × 0.9 cm)