Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman: Date: mid to late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926.
The object in the museum catalogue
A circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid to late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Transportation
- Topic: U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2011.159.3.53
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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