Pinback buttons for the play Radio Golf: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback buttons for the play Radio Golf: Date: ca. 2007. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005.
The object in the museum catalogue
Two pinback buttons (2013.68.9.1-.2) for August Wilson's play Radio Golf. The buttons have red, white, and blue backgrounds. At the top are three stars. Below the stars, black text reads [Hold me to it! / Radio Golf / On Broadway]. The backs of the buttons have pins with clasps.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 2007
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.9.1): 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.9.2): 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Broadway Theatre
- Topic: Drama (Theatre)
- Object number: 2013.68.9.1-.2
- 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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