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Pinback button with the NAACP scales of justice

1909-1919

United States, North and Central America

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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 with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People logo at center. The button is blue with white and gold trim. The logo features a judicial scale in front of an open book with the acronym "NAACP" at the center. A printed back paper reads "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BUTTONS. / BADGES. / NOVELTIES. / AND SIGNS / [union logo] / NEWARK, N.J." The button has an unlocking pin style back.

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Catalog reference: 2011.159.3.50

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