Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular pin-back button: "ALBANY'S/TAX CUTS/PHONY AS A $3 BILL/Communications Workers of America"; background is image of a three dollar bill.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.48
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
52239
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1985
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "LABOR FOR LIBERTY/UAW"; image of Statue of Liberty in foreground; blue, white and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.43
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "1985 STATUE OF LIBERTY COMMISSION"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1985
eMuseum Object ID:
52205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1964
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "I.B.T.C.W. & H. OF AMERICA/19/I.B. OF T.C.W. & H.OF A/288/I.P.E.U./1964/138/JAN-FEB-MAR"; image of two horses within a diamond in center; white, black and green.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.56
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "BASTIAN BROS. CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1964
eMuseum Object ID:
52202
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "DECENT WAGES/LOCAL/3882/AFT/FAIR TREATMENT POWERFUL UNION"; red and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.44
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "[illegible] NJ 201-535-6300"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
52192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Radiant Baby
Classification:
Date:
1986
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pin-back button with silver holographic background, black outline of baby on hands and knees surrounded with outline of black dashes to indicate movement; pinned to postcard with image of blue sky and clouds.
Credit Line:
Gift of Paul Gunther
Object Number:
2003.15.2
Marks:
stamp; date: "[copyright mark] K. Haring '86"
Gallery Label:
Artist Keith Haring's simple playful paintings of dancing figures and glowing babies made him a beloved icon of the 1980s. His devotion to social causes gave his work a strongly political cast. Haring died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 32. The pin and postcard, assembled by New York City artist Geoff Hendricks, were given to the donor in 2002 in honor of their friendship with Haring.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1986
eMuseum Object ID:
52183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1989
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Rectangular pin-back button: "GMHC/It Ain't/Over Yet!/HELP/FIGHT/AIDS";white, gray and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.112
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "1989 Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. GMHC HOTLINE 212-807-6655 To volunteer call 212-337-3593 TDD 212-645-7470 (hearing impaired)"
scratched: on back of button: "1989"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1989
eMuseum Object ID:
52177
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rubber/Up/For/Safety
Classification:
Date:
1970-1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "Always use/a latex condom/RUBBER/UP/FOR/SAFETY/New York City/Department of Health"; image of a condom in center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.105
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
52176
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1970-1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button printed in blue on white ground: "NATIONAL/ SECURITY/ UBER ALLES"; image of ladybug at center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Object Number:
2002.68.19
Marks:
printed on crimp: "N.G. SLATER CORP. N.Y.C. 11"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
52173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stop the Cruise Missile
Classification:
Date:
1975-1985
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "STOP THE/CRUISE MISSILE"; Japanese characters are printed across the top and bottom. In the center is a map of Japan surmounted by a missile inscribed "USA"; to the right is a submarine partially submerged; yellow, blue and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.58
Marks:
printed: on back of button: "In our homeland AICHI [illegible] has a Very Long Wave wireless base named YOSAMI. This U.S. military base orders to nuclear submarine in Pacific & Indian oceans. Stop the nuclear wars & the armsrace! Remove YOSAMI base! AIC
Gallery Label:
This button is part of a protest against the manufacture and use of nuclear weapons in Japan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1985
eMuseum Object ID:
52172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Women NOW
Classification:
Date:
1965-1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "WOMEN/N.O.W."; The "O" in N.O.W. is represented by the sign for female, a plus sign attached to the bottom of an "O"; yellow and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.46
Gallery Label:
This button is propaganda for the N.O.W. or National Organization for Women.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
52170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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