Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1972
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Pin-back button: McGovern (blue)
Credit Line:
Gift of Marilyn Lutzker
Object Number:
2003.70.29
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
54771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Women For Clinton Gore Light The Way For Change
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Paper, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Marilyn Lutzker
Object Number:
2003.70.12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
54770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
Pin-back button inscribed: "I Cant/Afford to/get sick/I'm voting for/National Health/Insurance"
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Object Number:
2001.109
Marks:
inscription: I Cant/Afford to/get sick/I'm voting for/National Health/Insurance
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
54765
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medal
Classification:
Date:
1949
Medium:
Silver-colored metal, ribbon
Dimensions:
Medal: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 8.3 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Athletic silver medal with circular medal suspended from red, white and blue striped ribbon with pin back; image of a woman in a tunic with laurels in both hands seated on two shields on obverse, ring of garland on reverse; inscribed "CHAMPIONSHIP" on pin; engraved "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION OF THE AAU" on obverse; engraved "440 YD. RELAY '49" on reverse
Credit Line:
Gift of Dolores Dwyer Duffy, Olympian
Object Number:
2003.67.12
Gallery Label:
This medal is one of many won by track athlete Dolores Dwyer (b. 1932) of New York City. Ms. Dwyer began her running career in 1946 when she entered a children's track meet in Central Park sponsored by the Parks Department. She trained with the German-American Athletic Club in Brooklyn from 1947 to 1953 and competed in many national championships, setting several records. She represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
54759
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
THERE'S STILL TIME BROTHER WORK FOR A SANE NUCLEAR POLICY
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1963
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; blue background with white lettering and white background with blue lettering; "THERE'S / STILL TIME / BROTHER / WORK FOR A SANE NUCLEAR POLICY"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.63
Marks:
crimp: blue lettering "NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR A SANE NUCLEAR POLICY, INC. 17 EAST 45 STREET N.Y. 17, N.Y."
Gallery Label:
Reacting to the Eisenhower administration's heavy reliance on nuclear weapons development and procurement, as well as to a general anxiety about the destabilizing effects of the arms race, the Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy was founded in the New York apartment of Lenore Marshall in 1957. SANE sought to expand its grassroots appeal by forming student chapters on college campuses and through advertisements targeted at mass.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1963
eMuseum Object ID:
54730
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WORLD POPULATION
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1970
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; white background with black lettering; red image of a rectangle with a world-like oval in the center; "PLANNED PARENTHOOD / WORLD POPULATION"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.61
Gallery Label:
Planned Parenthood was founded in 1916 by Margaret Sanger, Ethel Byrne, and Fania Mindell. The organization's goal has been to provide contraceptive advice to women to wnsure all births are planned. In the 1960s and 1970s, a great deal of attention was placed on the growing global population, and therefore Planned Parenthood began to advocate decreasing the world's population with informed contraceptive choices.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
54728
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1962
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button;some rusting and water damage; white background with black lettering and black background with white lettering; "BROTHERHOOD"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.60
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1962
eMuseum Object ID:
54727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1962
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; some rust and water damage; white background with black lettering and image; image of a ring of garland; "BAN / THE / BOMB"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.59
Gallery Label:
"Ban the Bomb" became a popular slogan in the 1960s against the use of hydrogen and atomic bombs. Many peace advocates sought a ban of these highly destructive weapons while the United States fought in Vietnam.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1962
eMuseum Object ID:
54726
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1962
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; black background with white lettering, and white background with black lettering; "FREEDOM / NOW / CORE" (top half black, bottom half white)
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.58
Marks:
crimp: two union seals in black lettering
Gallery Label:
Starting in 1961, the Freedom Ride CORE organized dozens of trips to the Deep South by Northern students and Civil Rights activists. The goal of these trips was to protest the racial segragation in the Southern United States.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1962
eMuseum Object ID:
54725
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Athletic medal
Classification:
Date:
1951
Medium:
Gold-colored sterling silver, ribbon
Dimensions:
Medal: 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 2.2 cm )
Overall: 3 x 1 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Athletic gold medal with circular medal suspended from green, blue, yellow and orange striped ribbon with pin back; image of a crouching runner and the American Legion seal on obverse; engraved "AMERICAN LEGION QUEENS '51" on obverse; inscribed "100 YD." on reverse
Credit Line:
Gift of Dolores Dwyer Duffy, Olympian
Object Number:
2003.67.8
Marks:
stamped: on reverse "STERLING DIEGES & CLUST"
Gallery Label:
This medal is one of many won by track athlete Dolores Dwyer (b. 1932) of New York City. Ms. Dwyer began her running career in 1946 when she entered a children's track meet in Central Park sponsored by the Parks Department. She trained with the German-American Athletic Club in Brooklyn from 1947 to 1953 and competed in many national championships, setting several records. She represented the U.S. in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1951
eMuseum Object ID:
54717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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