Museum object · Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Pendant for Prairie View A&M College Industrial Education Award
1950s - 1960s
Prairie View, Waller County, Texas, 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 small metal teardrop-shaped pendant with a small ring hanging from the center point of its widest base through which a string or ribbon might be threaded. The front of the pendant is engraved to depict the award title and school name. A shield is the bottom point from which two wings stretch out and up, curving to the sides of a circle at the center of the medal. The university name [Prairie View A & M College] is written in embossed text along the top arc of the circle. At the center of the circle is a small, lit torch behind a rectangular placard which contains the text [Industrial / Education / Award].
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2014.213.2
