Badge from the1952 Grand Master Conference of Prince Hall Masons
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cleo W. Wooten, American
notes: label: Description
content: A Prince Hall Masons Grand Master Conference badge worn by Cleo W. Wooten. The badge has a narrow rectangular metal nameplate at the top with a stamped geometric design on the border. There is a slip of paper which reads [[Cleo W. Wooten / C.C.F.C. Mass.] in handwritten black ink text. There is a horizontal bar on the back of the name plate through which the ribbon has been inserted and sewn closed. There is also a horizontal pin fastener on the back. The ribbon is purple and hangs from the bottom of the nameplate. It is printed with faded gold lettering that reads [GRAND MASTERS / CONFERENCE / PRINCE HALL / MASONS / OF / AMERICA / MAY 19-22, 1952 / NEWARK, N. J.]. The reverse is blank.
place: label: Place collected
content: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Freemasonry
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 Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.71.3
objectType: label: Type
content: badges
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, ink on paper, cloth
label: Dimensions
content: 5 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (13 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)