Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman
date: label: Date
content: mid to late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926
notes: label: Description
content: A circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Women
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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: 2011.159.3.53
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)