Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

button

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2013.9.2

Description

White campaign button with the inscription, "JESSE JACKSON NOW IS THE TIME 1984" in blue and red letters. Between the name and the slogan, a red and a blue line form a representation of a rainbow.

Context

Produced for Jesse Jackson's 1984 campaign for US President.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.9

Source or Donor

Donovan, Paul J.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Valerie Ball, friend, activist, walker

Made/Created

Date made

1984

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

3 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jackson, Jesse (b. 1941)