Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Pinback button with a Mary McLeod Bethune stamp from Mae's Millinery Shop
1985-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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".
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Catalog reference: 2010.6.15