Pinback button with a Mary McLeod Bethune stamp from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1985-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Badge-A-Minit, American
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button from Mae's Millinery Shop featuring a postage stamp with a portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. The stamp is a portrait of Bethune, with her name printed in black above her head. It is placed in the front center on a white paper ground beneath clear plastic. There is a pinback closure on the metal reverse and engraved text reading "BADGE / -A- / MINIT / LaSalle / ILL 61301".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop 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 from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.15
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1985 United States Postal Office
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, metal, plastic laminate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm)