Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools
date: label: Date
content: 1929
name: label: Issued by
content: Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, American, founded 1906
label: Manufactured by
content: St. Louis Button Company Manufacturers, American
label: Owned by
content: Rhonda Daniel Lowery, American, born 1901
notes: label: Description
content: Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. This is a composite object with a white button pin and an attached ribbon. The blue text on the white button pin reads [MISSISSIPPI / ASS’N / TEACHERS / COLORED / SCHOOLS/ MEMBER]. The silver text on the navy blue ribbon and the loose ribbon fragment reads [?]REENWOO] [D] / 1929. On the back of the button there is black printed text within an ellipse shape seal that reads [ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO. / MANUFACTURERS / LOCAL NO. 5 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL/ OF AMERICA / ST. LOUIS / ST. LOUIS, MO.].
place: label: Place used
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
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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 Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.177.3
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
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: metal and plastic with synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Intact Object): 3 1/4 × 15/16 × 1/8 in. (8.3 × 2.4 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Detached Fragment): 9/16 × 15/16 in. (1.5 × 2.4 cm)