Pinback button for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America pin back button. The button is white with black text. Text at the top of the button reads “HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH.” A chain with three links is below the text. Inside the links of the chain is “PHP.” An image of two sheafs of wheat and a sickle is at the center of the button. Text at the bottom of the button reads “G.U.O. OF O. F.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1910
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/16 in. (3 × 3 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2013.180.2.15
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael P. Musick in memory of Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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