Button
Classification:
Date:
1980-1985
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button; "FREEZE/Westside Nuclear Freeze"; white, black, blue and green.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.51
Gallery Label:
This button is part of the Westside Nuclear Freeze Campaign's protest against the use of nuclear weapons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1985
eMuseum Object ID:
47646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular, pin-back button: "I AM A WOMAN FOR PEACE"; central image of a woman and dove, both in profile; blue and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.50
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "symbol-union australian women women strike for peace 799 B-way NY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Westway Will Never Be Built
Classification:
Date:
1978
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button "WESTWAY WILL NEVER BE BUILT"; yellow and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.49
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1978
eMuseum Object ID:
47644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1980-1990
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button; "COALITION FOR A LIVABLE WEST SIDE/STOP/OVERDEVELOPMENT!/CLW INC."; image of a monster devouring a cityscape; white, green, red and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.47
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "COALITION AGAINST LINCOLN WEST, INC."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
47643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1970-1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button; "MORE THAN ATOMS CAN BE SPLIT"; image of an atom superimposed upon an earth being split in half; white, blue, green and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.41
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "NURSES' ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WATCH N.Y.C."
Gallery Label:
This button is part of the protest against the global nuclear arms race.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
47642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "WSP";featured is an image of a dove with a branch in its beak; blue and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.40
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "20TH Anniv."
Gallery Label:
This button advocated the Women's Strike for Peace Organization, a group founded by Bella Abzug in 1961. She chaired it when from 1961-1970, when it was most visible in the fight for a peaceful resolution to war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1970-1980
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button; "NUCLEAR?/ NO, GRACIAS"; central image of a sun smiling; yellow, orange and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.38
Marks:
raised lettering: on back of button: "PUBLIBADGE/MADRID/2326206/4713438"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
47640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1988
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button featuring a dove and faces of an Asian woman and child; Asian characters around the edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.37
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1988
eMuseum Object ID:
47602
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1970-1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "Let's Organize/W.O.M.A.N."; the "O" in the word Organize is represented by the sign for female: an "O" with a cross below; white, blue and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.34
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
47601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button featuring a figure breaking a gun in half; image of a globe in the background, surrounded by Asian characters, "5-23/6-7"; green, blue and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.31
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1975
eMuseum Object ID:
47600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












