Badge from the Philadelphia First Masonic District Temple cornerstone-laying
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, American, founded 1787
notes: label: Description
content: A circular pin-back button with attached yellow ribbon celebrating the corner-stone laying of the First Masonic District Temple in Philadelphia. The circular button features a street level black-and-white image of a three story brick building with the words [MASONIC TEMPLE] over the door. The back of the button is covered in a circular piece of textured black paper and has a metal pin fastener. A length of yellow ribbon is fixed to the bottom edge of the button and is printed with purple text detailing the event. The ribbon is cut into an inverted "V" shape at its bottom. The back of the ribbon 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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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
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 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: 2013.71.7
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: ink on paper, metal, ribbon, and plastic laminate
label: Dimensions
content: 5 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (14.6 × 5.4 × 1 cm)