On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
Date
1920 - 1965
Medium
ink, metal and plastic
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.5 × 0.6 cm)
Description
Kansas City Monarchs button with metal pin back. The front of the button has a white background with a blue line drawing of a baseball and two crossed baseball bats at top with shading at the bottom. There is blue text at the center that reads "KANSAS CITY MONARCHS."
Place depicted
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Topic
Baseball
Segregation
Sports
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.171.7
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd552bde85e-5cff-4de1-8c64-9cedbaced31d

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