Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1975-1985
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button; "A WOMAN'S PLACE/IS IN HER UNION"; in center of pin, within a circle "CL/UW"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.8
Gallery Label:
The button was made for the CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women), founded in 1974. It remains active as America's only national organization for union women, and is dedicated to empowering working women.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1985
eMuseum Object ID:
47589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1945
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "N.Y. MED. COMM. TO END THE WAR IN/VIETNAM"; a snake wrapped around an Aesculapean staff; (official insignia of the American Medical Association) is overshadowed by a dove; red, black and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
47588
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button, "KILL NUCLEAR POWER/BEFORE IT KILLS YOU"; image of skull and cross bones; red, black and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number:
2002.70.4
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "LARRY FOX BUTTONS-38 EMERSON PL VALLEY STREAM NY 11580 (516)-872-9522"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47547
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1968
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular celluloid pin-back button inscribed "Futz! FOR PRESIDENT (WHO ELSE?)"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.7
Gallery Label:
"Futz" was a popular off-Broadway play that ran at the Actor's Playhouse in 1968. "Futz for President" buttons were distributed at the theater.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1968
eMuseum Object ID:
47488
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1970
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular celluloid pin-back button with red background, inscribed: "Bella! / for / CONGRESS"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.2
Gallery Label:
Bella Abzug was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1970, representing the Upper West Side. She later ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate and for mayor. Abzug's career was brief but colorful: she was known for her unabashed liberalism and feminism, and for her trademark wide-brimmed hat.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47487
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular celluloid pin-back button with image of Mr. Peanut and two children, inscribed: "OPERATION FRIEND / 24TH PRECINCT"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.13
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47486
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular celluloid pin-back button inscribed "DIET" in red circle with red line through word.
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
47485
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1970
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular lithographed pin-back button with red background and inscription "One of the nice things about New York"
Credit Line:
Gift of Judith E. Reines
Object Number:
2002.66.12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
47484
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 2001
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button with "I love[heart] New York" logo in Hebrew; inscribed "THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE / ARBETER RING"
Credit Line:
Gift of Marilyn Lutzker
Object Number:
2002.71.2
Gallery Label:
The Workmen's Circle, founded in 1900, is an organization dedicated to fostering and supporting Yiddish culture and social justice.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2001
eMuseum Object ID:
47469
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Reba!
Classification:
Date:
1999
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button inscribed "Reba! / REBA WHITE WILLIAMS / For City Council /99"; blue background with white and light blue lettering.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wendy Shadwell
Object Number:
2002.69
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1999
eMuseum Object ID:
47468
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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