Pinback button of B. B. King: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button of B. B. King: Date: after 1972. Manufactured by: Sidney A. Seidenberg, Inc., founded 1972. Subject of: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button with a depiction of B. B. King. The button has a sketched image of King playing the guitar and looking off to the right. The text to the left of the button reads [bb king / For / President]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: after 1972
- Manufactured by: Sidney A. Seidenberg, Inc., founded 1972
- Subject of: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/16 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 0.8 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.68.148
- 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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