Pinback button featuring Mary Mcleod Bethune from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1985-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Badge-A-Minit, American
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button from Mae's Millinery Shop featuring a portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. The image is a detail of the postal stamp of Bethune, with her name partially cut off and printed in black above her head. There is a pinback closure on the metal reverse and engraved text reading "BADGE / -A- / MINIT / LaSalle / ILL 61301".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: LaSalle, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop 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 from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.193
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
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, metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 6.4 × 0.6 cm)