Pinback button of B. B. King
date: label: Date
content: after 1972
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Sidney A. Seidenberg, Inc., founded 1972
label: Subject of
content: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button with a depiction of B. B. King. The button has a sketched image of King playing the guitar and looking off to the right. The text to the left of the button reads [bb king / For / President]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.148
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/16 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 0.8 cm)