Pinback button for the Harriet Tubman Home
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Object Details
- Date
- 1954
- Issued by
- National Harriet Tubman Shrine Committee, American
- Subject of
- Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
- Description
- A pinback button with a black-and-white print of Harriet Tubman under the words "Harriet Tubman Home." Attached is a ribbon designed to look like the American flag.
- Place used
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Associations and institutions
- Housing
- Social reform
- United States History
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.50.6
- Type
- portraits
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- metal , cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 3.2 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.50.6