Pinback button promoting Martin Luther King Day

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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

Date

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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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Holidays and festivals

Local and regional

Politics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd523ec0a1d-9e1c-4531-b5eb-f5d8415d6ae2

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.201.1.22