Pinback button for the Philadelphia Stars: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Philadelphia Stars button with metal pin back. The front of the button has three horizontal bands. The tope and bottom bands are red while the center band is white with red text that reads "PHILADELPHIA STARS."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1933 - 1952
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Philadelphia Stars, American, 1933 - 1952
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink, metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.171.9
• 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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