Usher badge from New Bethany Baptist Church
date: label: Date
content: mid-20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: New Bethany Baptist Church, American, founded 1935
label: Used by
content: Ruby Penn, American
notes: label: Description
content: This is a faux gold usher badge was worn by Ruby Penn, a onetime member on the usher board at New Bethany Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. The badge is comprised of two major sections - a horizontal bar from which a round pendant hangs suspended from two chains. The top section has a pin back on its reverse; the obverse is a white rectangle of plastic framed by an ornate faux gold foliage pattern of gold tinted metal. The white rectangle contains a line of capitalized black text which reads: [MEMBER]. This top section is then attached to the circular pendant by two chains hanging from either end of the horizontal bar. The pendant is also white plastic with lines of capitalized black text which read: [SR. USHER BOARD / NEW BETHANY / BAPTIST CHURCH / WASH. D. C.]. The pendant is also bordered by the faux gold foliage border. On the reverse, there is aluminum backing visible, indicating that the white plastic element is actually separate and being held in place by the adorned border.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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 New Bethany Baptist Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.146
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: metal, aluminium, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 × 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.9 × 0.8 cm)