Pinback buttons for voting rights
Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Description
- Two yellow and black pinback buttons (2013.68.3.1-.2) with yellow and black lettering. On each button, the letters are centered in the middle of the button. The top half has a yellow background with black writing that reads [Express Yourself]. In the lower half of the button is yellow text on a black background that reads [VOTE]. The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- 1950-1990
- Object number
- 2013.68.3.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- paper on metal with plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2013.68.3.1): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 5/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm)
- H x W x D (2013.68.3.2): 2 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 5/16 in. (5.6 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Politics
- Suffrage
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.3.1-.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b18272c0-a99e-431a-a384-b83beec1f120
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