Pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy 1964 New York Senate campaign

Object Details

Description: A 1964 campaign pinback button for Robert F. Kennedy for New York Senate and Lyndon B. Johnson for President. In 1964 Johnson ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party. Kennedy also ran as a candidate of the Democratic Party and was endorsed by Johnson. The button has blue, white, and red horizontal bands with [Johnson] and [Kennedy] printed in block white text in the blue and red bands. Four (4), red, five pointed stars are printed in the white band between the candidates’ names. There is a union mark printed along the rounded edges of this button. The back of the button is silver toned with a silver-colored pin.

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

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968; President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973; Amalgamated Lithographers of America, American, founded 1882

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera