Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Pinback button featuring Mary Mcleod Bethune from Mae's Millinery Shop
1985-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A pinback button from Mae's Millinery Shop featuring a portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. The image is a detail of the postal stamp of Bethune, with her name partially cut off and printed in black above her head. There is a pinback closure on the metal reverse and engraved text reading "BADGE / -A- / MINIT / LaSalle / ILL 61301".
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Catalog reference: 2010.6.193