Pinback button promoting the National Black Political Convention: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button promoting the National Black Political Convention: Date: 1974. Manufactured by: A.G. Trimble Co., American, founded 1913. Subject of: National Black Political Convention, American, 1974 - 1975.
The object in the museum catalogue
Round pin-back button featuring a red border and a central green circle with four inwardly pointed arrows. Black type appearing within the green circle reads, [MARCH 15-17/LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS/1974]. Black type appearing on the red border reads, [NATIONAL BLACK/POLITICAL CONVENTION]. Black type appears on edge of button and reads, [A. G. TRIMBLE CO. PGH PA 15222].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1974
- Manufactured by: A.G. Trimble Co., American, founded 1913
- Subject of: National Black Political Convention, American, 1974 - 1975
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Communication
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2013.201.1.39
- 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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