Button
Classification:
Date:
2002
Medium:
Paper, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button with black silhouette of skyline against white with inscription "I WAS THERE / BLACKOUT / '77."
Credit Line:
Gift of Kathleen Hulser
Object Number:
2004.16
Gallery Label:
This button was produced in 2002 by the Blackout History Project at George Mason University for the 25th anniversary of the 1977 blackout. The GMU project, conducted via the internet (http://blackout.gmu.edu/home.html), uses the web as a research tool to reconstruct two memorable power failures that struck New York City and its surroundings-the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965, and the New York Blackout of 1977.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2002
eMuseum Object ID:
55697
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1983
Medium:
Gold-colored metal, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Circular blue enamel pin with inscription in black and gold lettering; inscribed, "1933-1983 / EDISON CAMERA CLUB / 50TH ANNIVERSARY"
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank de Caro
Object Number:
2004.23.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1983
eMuseum Object ID:
55691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge and ribbon
Classification:
Description:
Round shaped brown button with pictures of McKinley and Roosevelt with red, white, and blue ribbon hanging between in background. Blue ribbon: "REPUBLICAN/ COUNTY/ COMMITTEE/ MCKINLEY/ AND/ ROOSEVELT/ ODELL/ AND/ WOODRUFF" in gold lettering. Separating "Committee" and "McKinley" is a white badge with gold trim depcting an eagle.
Object Number:
Z.2097
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55551
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Description:
Round shaped brown button with oval pictures of McKinley and Roosevelt.
Object Number:
Z.2074
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55550
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vote for Women's Suffrage Nov. 6th
Classification:
Description:
Round shaped yellow button with black lettering: "VOTE FOR/ WOMEN'S/ SUFFRAGE/ NOV. 6TH"
Object Number:
Z.2769
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55545
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
White pin-back button outlined by white and blue checkers. Printed in center: "I'M NO/ SANTA/ CLAUS"
Object Number:
Z.2950
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55544
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
Round shaped white button with blue outline; American flag in center, printed on outer edge: "PEACE AND PREPAREDNESS"
Object Number:
Z.2142
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Description:
Round shapeed yellow buttono with Swedish and American flags surrounding an hourglass: "SWEDISH HOME/ FOR AGED PEOPLE/ ASSOCIATION/ FAIR/ 1911"
Object Number:
Z.1539
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55542
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Description:
Blue and white pin: "THE BLUE CROSS FUND/ TO HELP WOUNDED HORSES AND DOGS IN WAR TIME"
Object Number:
INV.6760f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
55541
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1968
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
White pin-backed campaign button with "HUBERY H. HUMPHREY/A MAN FOR ALL PEOPLE" in black with Humphrey's face circled by red stars
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederick Michel
Object Number:
2003.47.3
Gallery Label:
Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey was one of the Democratic nominees in 1968 after President Lyndon B. Johnson turned down the nomination for re-election. Humphrey lost the general election to Richard M. Nixon.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1968
eMuseum Object ID:
55427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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