Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

-

Berkeley Historical Society & Museum

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

1978.002.149

Description

Round metal campaign button. Black background with white text: "WARREN WIDENER FOR MAYOR", encircling a picture of Widener in a white background. Campaign button in Berkeley elections. Served on City Council 1969, mayor 1971-1979. Liberal Democrat, first black mayor. 3 identical buttons.

Made/Created

Date made

1969 - 1979

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

"Elections, City"

Dimensions

Diameter

2 in

Location

Other

A5-8