Pinback button promoting Martin Luther King Day

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Owned by
Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
Description
Round pin-back button. Button is blue with white type that reads, [JANUARY 15, 1982/Martin/Luther/King/NATIONAL HOLIDAY/MARCH/WASHINGTON, D.C.].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
1982
Object number
2013.201.1.22
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Medium
metal
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)
Place depicted
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Holidays and festivals
Local and regional
Politics
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.201.1.22
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd523ec0a1d-9e1c-4531-b5eb-f5d8415d6ae2

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