Pinback button advertising Amos 'n' Andy Fresh Air Candy: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button advertising Amos 'n' Andy Fresh Air Candy: Date: ca. 1935. Manufactured by: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A yellow, round, metal pin-back button featuring black text that reads, [I'SE DE / PRESIDENT / Amos 'n' Andy Fresh Air Candy]. The back of the pin is printed slightly off-center with the name of the manufacturer, [GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO], a graphic of a duck logo, patent information, and union stamps in blue ink.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1935
- Manufactured by: Green Duck Company, American, 1906 - 2004
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 × 13/16 × 3/16 in. (2.5 × 2.1 × 0.4 cm)
- Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Amusements
- Topic: Stereotypes
- Object number: 2007.7.475
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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