The Obama brand sells
Kassidy Jackson, 3, is all smiles as she waits with her family that’s in line to buy commemorative newspapers of Barack Obama’s win. Visitors are continuing to line up outside the Los Angeles Times headquarters in downtown. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The line stretched a block at the L.A. Times building downtown on November 9, 2008. The sale of newspapers marking Obama’s historic victory drew throngs of people after the election. It all started when newstands across the Southland ran out of copies of the Nov. 5 edition. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Dan Sosa of Long Beach walks out of the Times building with a smile and his hands full. He waited almost an hour to purchase copies of the newspaper. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Outside the L.A. Times building, vendors were doing brisk business selling T-shirts and buttons in the days after the election. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
In addition to newspapers, aluminum plates are being sold. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Across the street from the Times building, on the corner of 2nd and Spring, vendors have set up shop selling T-shirts and buttons. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The name Obama and the president-elect’s face can be found on all sorts of merchandise. It’s a brand with cache. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
