Pinback button for the Baltimore Elite Giants
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
- 1920 - 1950
- Object number
- 2013.171.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- 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
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Baseball
- Segregation
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.171.5
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cfdd5759-c489-4f49-9b5c-ba59f663f27b
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