Badge
Classification:
Date:
1914
Medium:
Metal, textile, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 in. ( 6.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Metal badge suspended from metal bar "U.S.A."; globe, lion and eagle at each side of badge "PLURIBUS UNUM/DILU ET MON DROIT/THE SULGRAVE/1914/INSTITUTION"; white and red enamel; blue, red and white ribbon; on reverse: engraved "Andrew B. Humphrey".
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas E. Hotchkiss
Object Number:
INV.4598
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
45539
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1970
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "JASPER CLUB/I AIN'T/MAD/AT/NO BODY"; black and white cartoon.
Object Number:
Z.2585
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
45538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1949
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm )
overall1: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button attached to an identification tag; "OLD GUARD/FREDERICK R. GRIFFITH/'97 MEDICAL/Alumni Day, June 18, 1949/10:30-Assembly in Big Quad/12:30-Luncheon 2:30-Parade/3:30-Baseball/GENERAL ALUMNI SOCIETY/University of Pennsylvania"; button, red and blue; tag, gold and blue.
Object Number:
Z.1510a
Gallery Label:
This button was worn by Frederick R. Griffith, an alumnus Old Guard at the University of Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
45537
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1950
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 x 1 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button with an attached identification tag; "Member of/OLD GUARD/FREDERICK GRIFFITH/Alumni Day, June 17, 1950/10:30-Assembly - Big Quad/12:30-Luncheon 2:00-Parade of Classes/GENERAL ALUMNI SOCIETY/University of Pennsylvania/3139"; button red; tag, gold and blue.
Object Number:
Z.1510b
Gallery Label:
This button was worn by Frederick Griffith, an Old Guard Alumnus from the University of Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
45536
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1961
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "MARCH/FOR/PEACE/1961"; white and blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Object Number:
2001.114
Gallery Label:
This button was worn for a peace rally in 1961.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1961
eMuseum Object ID:
45535
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1969
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button; image of a hand with peace symbol in foreground and the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in background; blue, white and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Object Number:
2001.113
Gallery Label:
This button was probably worn during a peace rally in Washington, D.C. in 1969.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1969
eMuseum Object ID:
45534
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "NO TAXES/100/FOR WAR"; black and white; peace sign in the center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Object Number:
2001.112
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
45533
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back buttons
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "THIRD WORLD PEOPLE/APRIL APRIL/2-3-4 24/UNITE AGAINST WAR"; pink and black; fist clenched in center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Object Number:
2001.111
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
45529
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
2001
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button; color photograph of the World Trade Center from New York Harbor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard Rabinowitz and Lynda B. Kaplan
Object Number:
2001.229
Gallery Label:
On September 11, 2001 the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by a terrorist attack. This button was distrubuted by the Municipal Arts Society shotly after the event. Founded over a century ago, MAS has long been the leader of advocacy efforts to preserve the best of New York City's past and promote excellence in urban design.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2001
eMuseum Object ID:
45526
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back campaign button
Classification:
Date:
2000
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back campaign button "Gore/ 2000/ Lieberman" colors are red, white and blue; white star above the year.
Credit Line:
Gift of Gloria Yuen
Object Number:
2001.211
Gallery Label:
Albert Gore and Joseph Lieberman were the Democratic candidates for the Presidency. They ran in 2000 against George W. Bush and Richard Chaney. It wasn't until three months later that the winner was announced with a tremendous amount of contraversy. Gore and Lieberman won the popular vote while Bush and Chaney won the electoral college vote, which ultimately won them the election.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
45525
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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