Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1976
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "TO HELL WITH BIRTH CONTROL"; image of Playboy bunny insignia in center; blue and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.95
Marks:
sticker: on back of button: "4/76"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1976
eMuseum Object ID:
48814
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "DISTRICT/65/NCDWA-ALA"; green and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.50
Marks:
engraved: "UNION LABEL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
48813
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "MAILER/BRESLIN"; yellow and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number:
2002.74.17
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
sticker: on back of button: "1969"
engraved: on back of button: "1969"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
48812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1970
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular lithographed pin-back button with orange and black background, inscribed "IN NEW YORK / VOTE CONSERVATIVE / IN NOVEMBER"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
48486
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm )
Description:
Circular celluloid pin-back button with red heart at center; inscribed "FRENCH POLYCLINIC HEALTH CENTER/ WE CARE"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
48485
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1972-1973
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "BAIL/TO THE/CHIEF!"; image of ladybug at the bottom; black and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Object Number:
2002.68.21
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "WATERGATE SERIES #4"
Gallery Label:
This button supports the resignation of Richard Nixon after Watergate.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
48481
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1973
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "Nixon's/the One/WATERGATE"; white, red and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Object Number:
2002.68.14
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "BUTTONS of HISTORY 1973"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
48480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1972-1973
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "Don't/blame me,/I was for/McGovern."; blue and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Object Number:
2002.68.13
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
Gallery Label:
George McGovern was the democratic challenger in the 1972 presidential election. He lost to Richard Nixon.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
48476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1965
Medium:
Paper, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button depicting woman protecting children from planes, inscribed "JOIN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR RACISM AND OPPRESSION / APRIL 24 THRU MAY 5"; white background with black lettering and outline; white highlighting of image.
Credit Line:
Gift of Paul Gunther
Object Number:
2003.15.3
Gallery Label:
This button was made for an anti-war demonstration in New York City in the 1960s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
48457
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
AIDS lapel ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1990
Medium:
Synthetic satin ribbon, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Overlapping red ribbon with safety pin, to be worn on lapel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Paul Gunther
Object Number:
2003.15.1
Gallery Label:
This ribbon was given to the donor by Frank Moore, an AIDS activist who helped create the red ribbon symbol for AIDS awareness. Moore was one of the first members of Visual AIDS, which launched the Red Ribbon project in 1990. The overlapping red ribbon, worn on lapels, has become an internationally-recognized representation of the struggle against AIDS. Moore died of complications from AIDS in 2002, at age 48.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
48456
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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