Pinback button for the National Underground Railroad Junior Rangers: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the National Park Service's Junior Ranger program for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The button is in the shape of a badge. The background of the badge is tan and has brown outlines throughout. Text at the top of the button reads [Junior Ranger / Network to Freedom]. Below the text is a circle with a star at center. In the star there is a depiction of a person looking at the North Star. Text around the circle reads [National Underground Railroad]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: After 1998
• Created by: National Park Service, American, founded 1916
• Subject of: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, American
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 4.8 × 1 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Self-liberation
• Topic: United States History
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2013.68.103
• 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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