Pinback button for Henry Lincoln Johnson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for Henry Lincoln Johnson: Date: ca. 1920. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Henry Lincoln Johnson, American, 1870 - 1925.
The object in the museum catalogue
White on black pinback button with a black-and-white portrait of Henry Lincoln Johnson at the center and the statement "Georgia's Choice" above the image and "Henry Lincoln Johnson" below. The button has an unlocking pin style back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1920
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Henry Lincoln Johnson, American, 1870 - 1925
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
- Place depicted: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Object number: 2011.159.3.3
- 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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