Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman
Object Details
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Date
- mid to late 20th century
- Object number
- 2011.159.3.53
- Description
- A circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926
- Topic
- African American
- Transportation
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Women
- Medium
- metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.159.3.53
Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman
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