Museum object · buttons (information artifacts)
Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman
mid to late 20th century
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 circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
- Catalog date
- mid to late 20th century
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Transportation; U.S. History, 1919-1933; Women
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2011.159.3.53
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection