Button
Classification:
Description:
"BRACES/ARE BEAUTIFUL"; drawing of face with teeth
Object Number:
1997.6.82
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button
Classification:
Date:
2001
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back slogan button from Betsy Gotbaum's 2001 campaign for Public Advocate.
Credit Line:
Anonymous gift
Object Number:
2001.49
Marks:
printed: on obverse of button: "BETSY/GOTBAUM/PUBLIC/ADVOCATE"
Gallery Label:
Betsy Gotbaum, President of the New-York Historical Society from 1995 to 2001, campaigned for Public Advocate in 2001 as a Democratic Party candidate.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2001
eMuseum Object ID:
43923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elks Club badge
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1970
Medium:
Metal, mother of pearl
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Pin-back Elks Club badge in four sections connected by metal links; top section of stamped sheet metal in the shape of a banner; second sectionof rectangular sheet metal backed with mother of pearl, stamped "PAST STATE/PRESIDENT"; third section of same shape and design stamped "AUX. N.Y.S. ASSN./I.B.P.O.E.W."; bottom section oval, backed with mother of pearl, with stamped metal image of clasped hands and letters "I.B.P.O.E. of W."
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2000.220
Gallery Label:
This Elks Club badge, from the early 1970s, belonged to a Harlem entrepreneur, Roosevelt Zanders, who owned a fleet of limousines and became known as a "driver to the stars." By night, Zanders was President of an Elks Club chapter for blacks. The designation "W" after "I.B.P.O.E." (Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks) stands for "of the World," signifying that this club was distinct from the exclusive white Elks Clubs.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
43910
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
"NIXON/AGNEW"; president and vice-president 1968-1972
Object Number:
1997.6.81
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
"NY IS/PICKING/UP"; drawing of waste basket and hand
Object Number:
1997.6.80
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "HUNTER"; an image of the Hunter College campus, buildings East and West; black and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mildred Speiser
Object Number:
1997.6.79
Gallery Label:
Founded in 1870 by Irish immigrant and social reformer Thomas Hunter as a teacher-training school for women, Hunter College has a distinguished reputation for liberal arts and sciences and professional schools. Completely co-educational since 1964, Hunter is one of the largest colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
43904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
"RABBI JACOB JOSEPH SCHOOL/MEMBER/GO?/1954-1955"
Object Number:
1997.6.91
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43837
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
"I/[sign of heart] TO TEACH/Metropolitan Insurance Companies"
Object Number:
1997.6.88
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button
Classification:
Description:
"EDW. W. STITT J.H.S. 164 MAN./SEPT. '66 - JUNE '67/GO"
Object Number:
1997.6.87
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign button
Classification:
Date:
1992
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back slogan button from the 1992 Presidential campaign of Ross Perot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mike Marden
Object Number:
2001.23
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "PEROT"
Gallery Label:
Third-party candidate Ross Perot was defeated by Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1992 Presidential election.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1992
eMuseum Object ID:
43780
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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