Pinback buttons for The Fortune Society
date: label: Date
content: after 1967
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: The Fortune Society, American, founded 1967
notes: label: Caption
content: Founded in New York City in 1967, The Fortune Society provides services to individuals reentering society after incarceration.
label: Description
content: Two pinback buttons for The Fortune Society:
label: Description
content: 2013.68.8.1: A red-orange pinback button with a flying bird silhouette in black ink. The lower half of the bird has stripes. Along the bottom margin are the words [The Fortune Society]. The back has a pin without a clasp.
label: Description
content: 2013.68.8.2: A green pinback button with a flying bird silhouette in black ink. The lower half of the bird has stripes. Along the bottom margin are the words [The Fortune Society]. The back has a pin without a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Prisons
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.8.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper on metal with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)