Pendant for Prairie View A&M College Industrial Education Award
date: label: Date
content: 1950s - 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Prairie View A&M University, American, founded 1876
label: Subject of
content: Prairie View A&M University, American, founded 1876
notes: label: Description
content: 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].
place: label: Place used
content: Prairie View, Waller County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Gates Moresi family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.213.2
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (at wideset point): 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.5 cm)