Pinback button featuring Marshall Major Taylor
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1899
name: label: Created by
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Marshall Walter Taylor, American, 1878 - 1932
label: Subject of
content: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, American, 1891 - 1975
notes: label: Description
content: A circular pinback button featuring an image of a Marshall "Major" Taylor dressed in a blue and red striped shirt. The image is at the center of the button and is surrounded by a red circle atop the white background. Text inside the circle reads: [MAJOR TAYLOR / IVER JOHNSON CYCLES]. The back of the pin has a label for The Whitehead & Hoag Company that has black type that reads: [THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / (Logo of Union Label) / PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894 / April 14, 1896 JULY 21, 1896] and a metal fastener.
place: label: Place made
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cycling
label: Topic
content: Sports
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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 from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.159.3.47
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, metal and celluloid
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)