Pinback button for the New York Black Yankees

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

New York Black Yankees, American, 1932 - 1948

Description

Black Yankee Baseball Stars button with metal pin back. The front of the button is designed to look like a baseball with a white background and blue seams. Red text at the center reads "BLACK YANKEE BASEBALL STARS."

Credit Line

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

Date

1932 - 1948

Object number

2013.171.6

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

Ink, metal and plastic

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 11/16 x 1/4 in. (4.3 x 0.7 cm)

Place depicted

New York City, New York, 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/fd512e8fc27-cfd9-40b0-a516-d32a6c0a4a66

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.171.6