Pinback button for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1910
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
notes: label: Description
content: A Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America pin back button. The button is white with black text. Text at the top of the button reads “HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH.” A chain with three links is below the text. Inside the links of the chain is “PHP.” An image of two sheafs of wheat and a sickle is at the center of the button. Text at the bottom of the button reads “G.U.O. OF O. F.”
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
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 Michael P. Musick in memory of Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.180.2.15
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: metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/16 in. (3 × 3 × 0.5 cm)