Pinback button for the Robert Kennedy campaign
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Object Details
- Manufactured by
- N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
- Description
- A pinback button for Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. The button has a half black and half white background. Text throughout the center of the button reads [Kennedy For Equality]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- 1968
- Object number
- 2013.68.112
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- 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
- Activism
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.112
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5358ac3e3-6647-4980-8478-35cea4c76577
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