Pinback button for the Dixwell Summer Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Dixwell Summer Festival: Date: ca. 1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A blue pinback button with maroon accents. The text at the top of the button reads [Dixwell Summer Festival]. The rest of the button has a drawing of a person. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1970
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 3/8 in. (6.5 × 6.5 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: Dixwell, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Arts and music festivals
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Holidays and festivals
- Topic: Recreation
- Object number: 2013.68.69
- 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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