Pinback button featuring Marshall Major Taylor
- Created by
- Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
- Subject of
- Taylor, Marshall Walter, American, 1878 - 1932
- Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, American, 1891 - 1975
- Date
- ca. 1899
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal and celluloid
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
- Description
- A circular pinback button featuring an image of a Marshall "Major" Taylor dressed in a blue and red striped shirt. The image is at the center of the button and is surrounded by a red circle atop the white background. Text inside the circle reads: [MAJOR TAYLOR / IVER JOHNSON CYCLES]. The back of the pin has a label for The Whitehead & Hoag Company that has black type that reads: [THE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / (Logo of Union Label) / PATENTED / JULY 17, 1894 / April 14, 1896 JULY 21, 1896] and a metal fastener.
- Place made
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Object number
- 2011.159.3.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.