Pinback button for the 1965 Harlem Olympics: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the 1965 Harlem Olympics: Date: 1965. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Created by: Project Uplift, American, founded 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button for the 1965 Harlem Olympics. The background of the button is white. Blue text around the top edge reads [Harlem Olympics]. At center, in blue, is a depiction of a torch and four rings. Below the torch and rings blue text reads [1965 / Project Uplift].The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1965
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Created by: Project Uplift, American, founded 1965
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Poverty
- Topic: Social reform
- Topic: Sports
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2013.68.17
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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