Pinback button worn by Lena Horne at the 1981 Tony Awards: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is an oval pin back button with "Lena Horne" handwritten in black marker in the center, blue printed text against a white background reads "TONY AWARDS" across the top and "1981" along the bottom. The pin is backed by brown cardboard.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1981
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with cardboard and metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in. (4 × 6 × 0.4 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: TA2010-104.1.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Edouard E. Plummer
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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