Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968  Search this

Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911  Search this

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)

Type:

buttons (information artifacts)

Place made:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1968

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.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Politics  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted by Dorothy and Eugene Bryant

Object number:

2017.88.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5380ec6c1-3fee-4f13-aeb2-83c951a89c17

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.88.1