- Manufactured by
- Badge-A-Minit, American
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, American, 1875 - 1955
- Date
- 1985-1994
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal, plastic laminate
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- 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".
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
- Object number
- 2010.6.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1985 United States Postal Office
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




