Member pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century - mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Adcraft Manufacturing Company, American, founded ca. 1924
label: Issued by
content: Afro-American Sons and Daughters, American, 1924 - 1960s
label: Owned by
content: Rhonda Daniel Lowery, American, born 1901
notes: label: Description
content: Member pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters. This is a composite object: a gold colored pin holding a blue ribbon that has a button attached to the bottom of the ribbon. The gold pin is rectangular shaped with a safety pin closure on the back as well as another pin closure below to hold the ribbon. The front of the pin is a small frame holding a piece of white paper with text that reads [MEMBER]. Below the pin is a royal blue ribbon made from synthetic satin with printed gold text that reads [Afro-American / SONS AND / DAUGHTERS]. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a white button with the seal of the organization; two concentric circles with the text, [AFRO-AMERICAN / SONS AND / DAUGHTERS] prints between the circles and an upside down triangle that has text in white written in each leg of the triangle [FORESIGHT / FAITH / ENDURANCE]. At the center of the triangle is a figure. On the back of the blue ribbon is gold text that reads [Adcraft Mtg. Co. Chi.].
place: label: Place used
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
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 Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.177.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pins (fasteners)
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
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: brass with synthetic fiber and metal, paper and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 3 11/16 × 1 15/16 × 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5 × 0.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (gold pin): 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (2 × 5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (ribbon): 1 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (4.8 × 4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (button): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)