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Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools

1929

Mississippi, 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.

Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. This is a composite object with a white button pin and an attached ribbon. The blue text on the white button pin reads [MISSISSIPPI / ASS’N / TEACHERS / COLORED / SCHOOLS/ MEMBER]. The silver text on the navy blue ribbon and the loose ribbon fragment reads [?]REENWOO] [D] / 1929. On the back of the button there is black printed text within an ellipse shape seal that reads [ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO. / MANUFACTURERS / LOCAL NO. 5 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL/ OF AMERICA / ST. LOUIS / ST. LOUIS, MO.].

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Catalog reference: 2014.177.3

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