Pinback button for promoting voting registration

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Object Details

Manufactured by

N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936

Issued by

Unidentified

Description

A blue and white pinback button with the text [register, sister]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacture's information. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray

Date

1970s

Object number

2013.68.35

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

ink on paper with metal and plastic

Dimensions

H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)

Place made

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 - Political and Activist Ephemera

Exhibition

A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Suffrage

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Women

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55bfb6bb8-5383-463b-bae9-96e3a6ab2dc7

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.68.35