Pinback button featuring Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
President Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
Description
A round pinback button featuring a black-and-white photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the proper left and a black-and-white photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass on the proper right. The portraits are in the center against a cream background. A gold colored border surrounds the outside edge of the button with bands of blue with white stars at the top and bottom center and bands of white with red stripes at the right and left center.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
1960s
Object number
2010.77.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Medium
ink on paper with metal and plastic
Dimensions
H x W: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 cm)
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Politics
Race relations
U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
Record ID
nmaahc_2010.77.2
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fddef600-3518-47e5-b7cb-f336bdf61d6b
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