Journalist pass for an Inauguration Day event at the Newseum owned by Jim Vance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A journalist pass from the January 21, 2013 Inauguration Day event at the Newseum owned by Jim Vance. The badge has a yellow lanyard (2018.107.7b) with a metal clasp. The badge (2018.107.7a) is red, blue and yellow with white text. The badge has a hologram on the front at the top with two images that change depending on how it is viewed. One image depicts President Barack Obama with text that reads “PRESIDENT / BARACK OBAMA / 44th President of the United States.” The other image in the hologram is a picture of the Newseum with text that reads “2013 INAUGURATION DAY / AT THE / NEWSEUM / January 21, 2013.” Printed below the hologram in black and white text is “MEDIA ACCESS / LEVELS 6 2 / GROUP / NBC4 (WRC-TV). The back of the badge has additional information about the opening of the Newseum and terms and conditions of the badge.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 21, 2013
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Newseum, American, founded 1997
• Owned by: Jim Vance, American, 1942 - 2017
• Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
• Subject of: NBC4 Universal, American
• Type: passes (tickets)
• Medium: ink on paper, plastic, metal, nylon
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 in. (62 × 8 × 1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2018.107.7a): 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (13.8 × 8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2018.107.7b): 19 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (48.2 × 1 × 1 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2018.107.7ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of James H. Vance, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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