Pinback button worn by Lena Horne at the 1981 Tony Awards
- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Horne, Lena, American, 1917 - 2010
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in. (4 × 6 × 0.4 cm)
- Description
- This is an oval pin back button with "Lena Horne" handwritten in black marker in the center, blue printed text against a white background reads "TONY AWARDS" across the top and "1981" along the bottom. The pin is backed by brown cardboard.
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Adornment
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Broadway Theatre
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Edouard E. Plummer
- Object number
- TA2010-104.1.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.