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Pinback button for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

ca. 1989

United States, North and Central America

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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 pink pinback button for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company. Throughout the button there is a black ink depiction of the silhouette of a dancer and text that reads [Ailey Lives!]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

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Catalog reference: 2013.68.45

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