Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
- Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted by Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
- 1968
- Object number
- 2017.88.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic laminate
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.9 × 5.6 × 0.9 cm)
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.88.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5380ec6c1-3fee-4f13-aeb2-83c951a89c17
