Pinback button featuring a campaign portrait of Senator William B. Nash
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1868
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sen. William Beverly Nash, American, 1822 - 1888
notes: label: Description
content: A metal pin back button featuring a photographic image of Sen. W.B. Nash. The pin is oval and made of metal with a slight tarnish. The front features a beaded design around the edge of the picture and the back is slightly indented with a horizontal pin across the middle. The photo is placed loosely in the frame and features a bust shot of Nash wearing a suit jacket and tie. He has a beard and mustache.
place: label: Place used
content: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of William Beverly Nash
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.168.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 3.8 × 1 cm)