VIVA NICARAGUA LIBRE
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1985
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; orange background with green lettering; image of a sun rising behind green rolling mountains; "VIVA NICARAGUA LIBRE"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.18
Gallery Label:
"Viva Nigaragua Libre" became a popular slogan in the 1980's, while there was great political unrest in Nigaragua.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1985
eMuseum Object ID:
53571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1969
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; spoof of the executive seal; blue blackground with an image of a white dove holding a peace sign and an olive branch, with American flag on chest; in black lettering on a banner "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.16
Gallery Label:
This button was in support of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1969
eMuseum Object ID:
53570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1967-1972
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; image is off center; white background with red and blue lettering; "NIXON / AGNEW"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.13
Marks:
crimp: blue lettering (off center so partically illegible) "OFFICAL NIXON BUTTON (illegible) N.Y.C. 10017"
Gallery Label:
Nixon and Agnew ran together for the presidency in both 1968 and 1972.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
53569
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; red, white, and blue background with white lettering; black and white image of John F. Kennedy's head; "KENNEDY"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.12
Marks:
crimp: blue lettering (partially illegible) "CHICAGO"
Gallery Label:
This button was issued for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
VACUUM HOOVER
Classification:
Date:
1928-1932
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; white background with two red horizontal strips, and blue lettering; "VACUUM / HOOVER"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.9
Gallery Label:
Herbert Hoover ran for president in both 1928 and 1932. He failed to be reelected in 1932.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
53567
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1968
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; white background with blue lettering; "DUMP / JOHNSON / IN / '68"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.8
Gallery Label:
This button was issued to counter Lyndon B. Johnson's 1968 presidential campaign.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1968
eMuseum Object ID:
53566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; top half has blue lettering on a white background, bottom half has white lettering on a blue background; "(Nixon in Hebrew) / NIXON"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.5
Marks:
crimp: white lettering "COLUMBIA ADV. CO. RICKMOND HLL 19, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
53565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1973
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; blue background with white and green lettering; "Paul / O'Dwyer / for PRESIDENT / CITY COUNCIL"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.4
Marks:
crimp: blue lettering on white background "EMPRESS SPECS. CO. N.Y.C., N.Y 10010"
Gallery Label:
Paul O'Dwyer (1907-1998), a brother of onetime New York Mayor William O'Dwyer, held elected posts for only six years -- from 1963 to 1965 as a city councilman and 1973 to 1977 as City Council president. He lost four other campaigns, two for the U.S. Senate, one for the House and one, a primary, for mayor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
53564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Young citizens for Johnson
Classification:
Date:
1964
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; some faint water damage; image of a grinning cartoon donkey, striped red, white, and blue, on white background; blue lettering "YOUNG CITIZENS FOR JOHNSON"
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2003.64.1
Marks:
crimp: printed blue ink "copyright 1964 U. & F."
Gallery Label:
This button was manufactured for Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential campaign in 1964.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1964
eMuseum Object ID:
53563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medal
Classification:
Date:
1947-1953
Medium:
Silver-colored metal, ribbon
Dimensions:
Medal: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Athletic silver medal with circular medal suspended from green and white ribbon with pin back; image of a crouching runner on a shield on obverse; inscribed "COORDINATING COUNCILS P.D.N.Y" on obverse; engraved "100 YD. RUN HDCP." on reverse
Credit Line:
Gift of Dolores Dwyer Duffy, Olympian
Object Number:
2003.67.7
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:
1953
eMuseum Object ID:
53551
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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