Tab Button
Classification:
Description:
"Keep/ Keating"
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.208
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "SOLIDARITY/ ORGANIZE/ THE SOUTH/ FOREVER"; in green
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.207
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45846
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back campaign button
Classification:
Date:
1973
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back campaign button "MAYOR/ BIAGGI"; background colorblocked red and white; words in blue and white.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.205
Gallery Label:
By the time of his retirement in 1965 from the New York City Police Department, Mario Biaggi (b. 1917) was the most decorated police officer in New York City history. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1968 to 1983. In 1973 he ran for New York City mayor, losing to Abraham D. Beame.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1973
eMuseum Object ID:
45845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1968
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "Write in/DICK GREGORY/PRESIDENT/PEACE AND FREEDOM"; black, red and yellow.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.204
Gallery Label:
Through the 1960s, Richard Claxton Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist, spent more time on social issues and less time on performing. He participated in marches and parades to support a range of causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, world hunger, and drug abuse.He ran for president in 1968 as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party, a splinter group of the Peace and Freedom Party, and received 1.5 million votes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1968
eMuseum Object ID:
45844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1980
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "Never/ Again"; red line over a hanger.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.203
Gallery Label:
This button protests pro-life efforts to ban abortion, suggesting that ending abortion rights would lead to unsafe practices endangering the lives of women.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
45843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1984-1990
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "A/ WOMAN/ FOR/ PRESIDENT"; red and blue lettering in white background.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.197
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
45841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1990-2000
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "NEVER/AGAIN/What have we learned/Since the/Holocaust?"; red, white and blue
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.199
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
45842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1988
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 7/16 x 1/8 in. (3.7 x 0.3 cm)
Description:
"Jesse/ JAckson/'88"
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.196
Marks:
"Jesse/ Jackson/'88"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1988
eMuseum Object ID:
45840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1995
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Square metal pin-back button "NEW YORK/APRIL 23, 1995/25/YEARS/1970-1995/EARTH DAY"; green, yellow, white and blue; center image of a sunrise.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.194
Gallery Label:
This button was worn to celebrate of the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. Since 1970, its goal has been to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world by spreading environmental awareness through educational material and publications and by organizing events, activities and annual campaigns.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1995
eMuseum Object ID:
45839
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button; white dove in center; white, blue and green.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kitty Krupat
Object Number:
2001.273
Gallery Label:
This button was worn during a Vietnam Peace Parade in New York City in protest of the war.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
45835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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