Pinback button for the Baltimore Elite Giants

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

Baltimore Elite Giants, American, 1920 - 1950

Description

Baltimore Elite Giants button with a metal pin back. The front of the button has a white background with a red line drawing of a baseball with shading at the bottom with red text that reads "BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS."

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1920 - 1950

Object number

2013.171.5

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

ink, metal and plastic

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)

Place depicted

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Baseball

Segregation

Sports

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cfdd5759-c489-4f49-9b5c-ba59f663f27b

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.171.5