Button from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School
date: label: Date
content: April 1909
name: label: Distributed by
content: The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, American, 1895 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell, 1856 - 1946
notes: label: Description
content: A button from The Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School fundraising events held from April 22-27, 1909. The button is oval shaped and is comprised of yellow toned, laminate covered paper on metal. The front of the button is dominated by a large, black and white illustration of the hospital; a four story brick building with eleven (11) sets of double windows. The building is depicted from the corner and one side of the building is also visible, next to grassy area with trees and plants. In the foreground is the street with people milling on the sidewalk. Printed below is black text in varying fonts and sizes that reads, [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, MEMORIAL / HOSPITAL / AND / TRAINING SCHOOL / 1895 ? 1909 / PHILA. PENNA.]. There are flourishes on either side of the word [HOSPITAL]. At the top of the button are two small photographic bust portraits of Frederick Douglass on the left and Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell on the right. The images are framed on either side with laurel wreaths. Below the portraits of both men are illustrated banners with their names, [FREDERICK DOUGLASS] and [DR. NF MOSSELL - FOUNDER], printed in black text. The back of the button is plain with a metal oval shaped disk with four (4) pointed mounting tabs at each corner.
place: label: Place used
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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 of Ladene Miles Bourne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.35.1
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 (fiber product) with metal and laminate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 3/16 in. (16.7 × 11.7 × 0.5 cm)