National Negro Business League pin
Object Details
- Description
- A badge with a blue ribbon and portrait attached to a metal clasp. The front of the badge has a portrait of Booker T. Washington, while the back side of the badge has a drawing of a beehive and the title “National Negro Business League.”
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- ca. 1908
- Object number
- 2008.5.2
- Created by
- G. Addison Turner, American
- Subject of
- Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915
- National Negro Business League, American, 1901 - 1966
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- badges
- Medium
- celluloid, ribbon and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/4 x 2 x 1/8 in. (9.5 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Topic
- African American
- Associations and institutions
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.5.2
