Pinback button for the Baltimore Elite Giants: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Baltimore Elite Giants button with a metal pin back. The front of the button has a white background with a red line drawing of a baseball with shading at the bottom with red text that reads "BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1920 - 1950
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Baltimore Elite Giants, American, 1920 - 1950
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink, metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.171.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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