Pinback button for the New York Black Yankees: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A circular New York Black Yankees pinback button. The pin is designed to look like a baseball with an image of crossed bats and baseball at the top with the text: [N.Y. BLACK / YANKEES] underneath. The images, type, and design are in blue over a white background. The back of the button has a maker’s mark that has been covered by two stickers and a fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1938
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: New York Black Yankees, American, 1932 - 1948
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink, metal, and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2012.3.3
• 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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