Name tag of Cleo Wooten from the Grand Master's Conference of Prince Hall Masons: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A rectangular name tag belonging to Cleo W. Wooten from the Grand Master's Conference of Prince Hall Masons, 1953. The tag is composed of a piece of paper inserted into a clear plastic housing with metal pin back. The front of the tag has pre-printed text in blue ink and handwritten text in black ink. Manufacturer's information is printed in black ink on the back of the tag.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: December 19, 1953
• Manufactured by: George Lauterer Corporation, American, founded 1881
• Owned by: Cleo W. Wooten, American
• Type: badges
• Medium: ink on paper, plastic, metal
• Dimensions: 2 1/16 × 3 × 1/4 in. (5.2 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
• Place collected: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Freemasonry
• Object number: 2013.71.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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