Pinback button with the slogan "¡inscríbase, boricua!"
Object Details
- Description
- A pinback button encouraging Puerto Ricans to register to vote. The button has a black background with yellow text that reads [¡inscríbase, boricua!] (register, Puerto Rican). The manufacturer's information is printed in yellow ink on the edge. the back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- after 1968
- Object number
- 2013.68.95
- Manufactured by
- N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and 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 5/8 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 4.1 × 0.6 cm)
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, 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
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Communities
- Politics
- Suffrage
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.95
