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Button, Campaign

Object Name:
Button, Campaign
Object ID:
2008.058
Place of Origin:
Versailles, OH
Date:
2007
Description:
Presidential campaign pin button, Barack Obama, 2007. Issued on St. Patrick's Day, 2007. Plastic-covered paper on metal. White printing on green: "O'bama / BarackObama.com", with clover leaf in place of apostrophe. Decorated with white clover leaves and scrolls. White union bug at bottom. White printing on bottom edge, partly obscured: "15790 � 2007 Tigereye Design, Versailles, OH 800-844-3739". Round yellow printed label adhered to back: "UNION MADE / PROMOTIONAL / ITEM / TIGEREYE / DESIGN / 800-844-3739 / USWA 3210 / www.tigereyedesign.com". Pin on back.
Material:
Metal
Paper
Plastic
Dimensions:
D-0.2 Dia-3 inches
Provenance:
First issued on St. Patrick's Day, 2007. Barack Obama ran in the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary, where he was defeated by Hillary Clinton, but he eventually won the Democratic nomination.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan Jones
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