Pledge bucket hat with buttons and pins from Delta Sigma Theta sorority
date: label: Date
content: 1979-1981
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cheryl Bailey Solomon, American, born 1959
label: Subject of
content: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: Coppin State University, American, founded 1900
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content: A white, cloth bucket pledge hat (2015.91.2.1) from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The hat has a red band around the base of the crown. The exterior surface of the hat is covered with thirty-eight (38) pin-back buttons, lapel pins, and a safety pin (2015.91.2.2-.37). The buttons are from a variety of sources including many from the sorority Delta Sigma Theta. A white fabric tag is sewn to the interior of the hat. It has black and red text that reads [100% Cotton / Made in China / Small]. There is a black ink stamp on the fabric tag that reads, [55].
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content: 2015.91.2.2
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content: A plastic name tag holder with paper badge insert and safety pin closure from the July 1980 National Student Convention. The paper badge is white with red and black text and with red and blue stripes running along the bottom. The red text at the top of the badge reads, [National Student Convention / July 25-29, 1980 ? Washington, D.C.]. Below is a black outlined box with text that reads, [CHERYL BAILEY, VP / COPPIN STATE COLLEGE, MD]. The bottom third of the badge has red and black text that reads, [Region 6 DELEGATE Nº 001335 / American Student Association]. The [6] is in a black outlined box.
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content: 2015.91.2.3
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with red text that reads, [Everybody / wants to be a / DELTA but some settl [sic] / for les [sic]]. The text is off-centered and cut off on the right and bottom edges.
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content: 2015.91.2.4
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with red and black text that reads, [I ? / NY]
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content: 2015.91.2.5
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content: An irregularly shaped white, pin with red and black text that reads, [?ST] above a black outlined banner that reads [DELTA SIGMA THETA]. The closure on the back is a safety pin brooch pin back.
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content: 2015.91.2.6
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with a red graphic on the left and red text on the right that reads, [?ST].
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content: 2015.91.2.7.1-.3
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content: A black, round, pin-back button with a gold center graphic comprised of two nestled arrows. Gold text wraps around the top of the button and reads, [I LOVE YOU COPPIN].
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content: 2015.91.2.8
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with red and black text that reads, [YOU / PLUS / US /CERTIFIED FURNITURE RENTAL].
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content: 2015.91.2.9
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with black text that wraps around the top and bottom of the button that reads, [NOT ONE PENNY / JAN. 15, 1981]. At the center of the button is a round, head and shoulders image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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content: 2015.91.2.10
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content: A yellow, red and green, round, pin-back button with red text outlined in black that wraps around the pin and reads, [ROOTS ROCK / REGGAE]. The background of the button has a yellow field above a green field. A red heart is featured at the center of the button with black script that reads, [I and I].
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content: 2015.91.2.11
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content: A round, pin-back button featuring five (5) pink flamingos standing in water, against a palm tree background. There is a white swan floating in the water behind the flamingos.
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content: 2015.91.2.12
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content: A round, pin-back button with a green, yellow, and red striped background. In the yellow stripe is green text that reads, [Nat. E. Dread / rasta / gourmet].
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content: 2015.91.2.13
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content: A gold lapel pin featuring three (3) figures with clasped hands.
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content: 2015.91.2.14
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content: A plain silver metal safety pin.
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content: 2015.91.2.15
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content: A blue, round, pin-back button with white text that reads, [National / Voter / Registration / Drive], surrounded by six (6) white stars.
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content: 2015.91.2.16
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with red text that reads, [I ? / DST].
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content: 2015.91.2.17
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content: A red and gold pin-back guest badge. The top of the badge is red with a white-outlined black box at the top with white text inside that reads, [du / m]. Below the box is white text that reads, [Champions / du MAURIER MC]. In the middle of the badge is a round white and blue graphic with a red maple leaf at the center, surrounded by two rows of text. The top row reads [ASSOCIATION ROYAL [---?] CANADA] and the center row reads [ROYAL CANADIAN [---?] ASSOCIATION]. At the bottom of the badge is a gold field with black text that reads, [INVITÉ/GUEST].
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content: 2015.91.2.18
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content: An irregularly shaped white, pin-back pin with a graphic of a red elephant with a white back that features a diagonal arrangement of the Greek letters Delta (?) Sigma (S) Theta (T).
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content: 2015.91.2.19
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content: A red, round, pin-back button with white text that reads, [I ? / ?ST].
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content: 2015.91.2.20
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with red text that reads, [ALIVE] in the center of the button and [Let Jesus Live In You] wrapped around the bottom of the button.
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content: 2015.91.2.21
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content: A blue, round, pin-back button with red text that reads, [ANTI- / SMOKING / BUTTON].
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content: 2015.91.2.22
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content: An orange, round, pin-back button with blue text that reads, [VOTE / JUDGE BELL / for / SUPREME BENCH / 1980].
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content: 2015.91.2.23
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content: A white name tag with a stylized green [E] graphic in the upper left corner, green text that reads [ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY / C 709], and an off-white sticker on the bottom left corner with black type that reads [C. BAILEY / MARYLAND DEPT.].
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content: 2015.91.2.24
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content: A black and white, round, pin-back button featuring an image of a yin yang.
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content: 2015.91.2.25
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content: A blue plastic pin in the shape of the Greek letter omega [O] with a safety pin closure.
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content: 2015.91.2.26
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content: A white, round, pin-back button with blue text on the left that reads, [BUT IS IT / normal / ?]. On the right is a blue graphic of a man standing behind a woman, holding her by her shoulders.
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content: 2015.91.2.27
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content: A red, round, pin-back button with yellow and black outlined red texts that reads, [The / Chicken / Biggie].
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content: 2015.91.2.28
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content: A white, round, pin-back button featuring a black and white image of William "Billie" Thomas, Jr. as the character of Buckwheat from the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films.
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content: 2015.91.2.29
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content: A rectangular, plastic pin-back button from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The pin’s design features two (2) rows of recessed cream colored text against a red background that reads [DELTA SIGMA THETA / 3 CHERYL ‘79].
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content: 2015.91.2.30
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content: A red, round, pin-back button with white text that features a diagonal arrangement of the Greek letters Delta (?) Sigma (S) Theta (T) at the top, followed by white, stylized text that reads [? / S / T / A different / kind / of / LADY].
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content: 2015.91.2.31
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content: An irregularly shaped white, pin featuring a diagonal arrangement of the Greek letters Delta (?) Sigma (S) Theta (T) in red letters outlined in black. The edges of the pin are decorated with red wavy lines outlined in black.
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content: 2015.91.2.32
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content: A white, round, American Lung Association pin-back button with a red edge and blue text that reads, [Thanks / for / not / smoking] with the American Lung Association’s logo, a modified version of the Cross of Lorraine, in red on the right.
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content: 2015.91.2.33
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content: A round, pin-back button featuring a graphic of an orange and yellow sunset behind purple, blue and green mountain ranges.
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content: 2015.91.2.34
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content: A white, round pin-back button featuring a graphic of a red headed man, wearing a red shirt and blue pants, riding a red bike. The red text wrapped around the top of the pin reds [“RIDE-A-BIKE”]. Below the graphic is blue text that reads, [MAY 17 / 1981].
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content: 2015.91.2.35
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content: A round, pin-back button with script that reads, [Lookinglass], against a red to black gradient background.
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content: 2015.91.2.36
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content: A gold lapel pin featuring the text, [IQ] in blue block lettering.
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content: 2015.91.2.37
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content: A star-shaped pin with a green, yellow, and read stripped background with black text that reads, [TUFF / GONG].
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content: 2015.91.2.38
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content: A round, pin-back button with a teal background and white lettering that reads [Trust].
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content: 2015.91.2.39
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content: A torn corner of a five dollar bill attached to the back of pin-back button 2015.91.2.32.
place: label: Place used
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Sororities
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cheryl Bailey Solomon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.91.2.1-.39
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: canvas with thread, plastic, metal and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 × 9 × 10 in. (17.8 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm)