Pinback button for the Virgin Islands
Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Description
- A white pinback button with blue and organ design. The text on the button reads [Try a Virgin Island / St. Croix / St. John / St. Thomas]. The [V] has an orange sun atop it. The back of the button has a blue paper and a metal pin with a clasp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- 1950-1990
- Object number
- 2013.68.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and 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: 3 1/16 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 in. (7.8 × 8 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted
- Virgin Islands of the United States, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Travel
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.18
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f8003bf4-484d-487e-8801-db2d797921f9
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