First Night ’94 pin found in a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Mr. Button Products, Inc., American, founded 1973
label: Distributed by
content: Pro Portsmouth, Inc., American, founded 1977
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: First Night, Inc., American, founded 1975
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A First Night ’94 pin found in a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The pinback button is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The front is primarily white with purple, pink, orange, and yellow text, and graphics. At the center of the button is a graphic of a purple rectangle framed with a band of yellow and orange alternating triangles. The rectangular frame is overlaid with graphics that include a Mardi Gras style half mask, a pair of hands, and a horn. Purple text printed at the top reads [PORTSMOUTH] and [FiRST / NigHT / 94] at the bottom. The back of the pinback button is silver toned, plain and features a vertically oriented pinback. Printed in small black text along one edge of the button is the text [MR. BUTTON PRODUCTS INC. BOX 68359, INDPLS, IN 46268-0359].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.9.4
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) and plastic with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 11/16 × 1 11/16 × 3/16 in. (6.9 × 4.3 × 0.5 cm)