Pinback Button, “I Am an Anacostian” | Anacostia Community Museum Collections

Object Details

Date: Between 1968 and 1969

Medium: metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions: 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (0.5 × 6.4 cm)

Caption: This pinback button radiates pride in residing in Anacostia, the southeast Washington, DC community that the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum calls home. The white-and-blue button features the Museum’s logo, which, in a nod to the Smithsonian’s sun logo, centers a sunburst around the Museum’s initials. The logo also celebrates the local, as it was created by the Museum’s Research and Design Coordinator, Larry Erskine Thomas (1917-1986), an artist and educator whose career began during the Harlem Renaissance. Public sales of the button supported the Museum’s Youth Advisory Council.

Accession Number: 1990.0001.0004

Type: button

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Data Source: Anacostia Community Museum

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Record ID: acm_1990.0001.0004

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl810a494d8-5f76-4d36-ad26-d47006954fdb

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