Pinback button for the CDA Community Staff Action Committee: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the CDA Community Staff Action Committee: Date: after 1964. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: money.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white pinback button for the CDA / Community Staff Action Committee. At the center of the button black text reads [Community]. Above and below the text are etched drawings of people. Text at the bottom of the button reads [CDA / Community Staff Action Committee]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: after 1964
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: money
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 1/4 in. (7.8 × 7.8 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Commerce
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Government
- Topic: Poverty
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.68.40
- 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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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 underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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