A dark blue pinback button printed in white "I Feel Like A Million". Probably from the NY Lottery.

A square white pinback button printed with a central image of people in a circle holding hands surrounded by the words "Local 2110 UAW/ Many Faces/ One Union/ Technical, Office & Professional Union". The Technical, Office and Professional (TOP) Union, Local 2110, is an amalgamated union with 30 contracts covering over 3000 workers in universities, publishing, museums, law firms and other offices. They represent teachers, secretaries, administrators, editors, computer operators, librarians, museum curators, typesetters and graphic artists, among many others. This union has taken a lead in organizing women and workers in non-profits who have never been organized before.

A bright red pinback button printed with a central image of the city skyline at night crossed by the words "City Meals On Wheels/ Riese" with a red border printed in white "Have A Heart/ Round-Up". A pale blue ribbon attached to the bottom of the button is printed in black "Help Us Feed Homebound Elderly New Yorkers."

A bright pink pinback button printed in black "Do It!" encircled by in yellow "safer sex". From the "GMHC" or "Gay Men's Health Crisis", organized in 1981 with a mission, in their websites words "to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority. In fulfilling this mission, we will remain true to our heritage by fighting homophobia and affirming the individual dignity of all gay men and lesbians."

A rectangular white pinback button printed with a central pattern of yellow squares linked by red threads and a needle with the words in purple "Common Threads/ The Names Project Quilt". In June of 1987, a small group gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect and to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. This meeting of devoted friends and lovers served as the foundation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Today the Quilt is a powerful visual reminder of the AIDS pandemic; more than 44,000 individual 3-by-6-foot memorial panels -- each one commemorating the life of someone who has died of AIDS -- have been sewn together by friends, lovers and family members.

A square white pinback button printed with a black and yellow central field that reads "Aids 10 Years/ Remember/ Respond/ Resolve/ GMHC". The "GMHC" or "Gay Men's Health Crisis" was organized in 1981 with a mission, in their websites words, "to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority. In fulfilling this mission, we will remain true to our heritage by fighting homophobia and affirming the individual dignity of all gay men and lesbians."

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Alabama", with an eagle standing on a red, white and blue stars and stripes shield with a blue banner in its beak. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Alabama", with an eagle standing on a red, white and blue stars and stripes shield with a blue banner in its beak. Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Michigan", with an eagle over antlered elk flanking a shield with a lighthouse on a lakeshore over a banner in Latin "Si Quaeris Peninsulam/ Amoenam Circumspice". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. This button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.

A beige pinback button printed with a state seal, crest, symbol or motto from U.S. states and territories; marked "Michigan", with an eagle over antlered elk flanking a shield with a lighthouse on a lakeshore over a banner in Latin "Si Quaeris Peninsulam/ Amoenam Circumspice". Part of a series of pre-World War I United States state buttons; some of the region names are no longer current. The reverse is printed "Sweet Caporal Cigarette", indicating that this button was part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.