Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1970
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Description:
Circular pink pin-back button with white and orange text which reads: "CHRISTOPHER STREET / GAY / LIBERATION DAY JUNE 27"
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy R. Eddey
Object Number:
2012.36.5
Gallery Label:
In 1970, on the first year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, gay rights activists organized Christopher Street Liberation Day to commemorate the watershed event. It was the first Gay Pride march in U.S. history.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
69287
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1972
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Description:
Circular pink pin-back button with white female and male symbols and white lettering which reads: "CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY PRIDE 72"
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy R. Eddey
Object Number:
2012.36.4
Gallery Label:
Christopher Street was the site of the Stonewall Inn, where the gay community rioted in 1969 in protest of police raids. Christopher Street became the center of New York's gay rights movement in the 1970s and continues to be a symbol of gay pride.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1972
eMuseum Object ID:
69286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1996
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (5.2 × 7.8 cm)
Description:
White rectangular pin-back button with red, black and blue text, which reads: "I'm voting in memory of: / Peter Berke (name handwritten in ink) / REMEMBER THEM WITH YOUR VOTE '96 / The Quilt in the Capital - October 11-13, 1996"
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy R. Eddey
Object Number:
2012.36.3
Gallery Label:
From October 11 to 13, 1996, four weeks before the national election, the NAMES Project displayed the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall. As 45,000 memorial panels were unfolded, the names of the dead--over 70,000--were read. Roy Eddey wore this button in memory of his roommate, Peter Berke, who died of AIDS in 1989.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1996
eMuseum Object ID:
69285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1969
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Description:
White, circular pin-back button with black rim; pink inverted equilateral triangle in middle; black text above reads: "GAY"
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy R. Eddey
Object Number:
2012.36.2
Gallery Label:
This button was distributed by the Gay Activists Alliance, founded in New York City on December 21, 1969 following the Stonewall riots. The GAA was most active from 1970 to 1974.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1974
eMuseum Object ID:
69284
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back button
Classification:
Date:
1971
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Description:
Circular pin-back button half red, half green; black text reads: "ATTICA / 13th / NEVER AGAIN"
Credit Line:
Gift of Roy R. Eddey
Object Number:
2012.36.1
Gallery Label:
This button references the prison riot that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, NY in 1971 and the subsequent response by state officials. On September 13th, state police troopers and soldiers from the National Guard dropped tear gas into the prison and opened fire, killing nine hostages and 29 inmates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1971
eMuseum Object ID:
69283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Warren for Senate
Classification:
Date:
2012
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 × 3 in. (5.1 × 7.6 cm)
Description:
Rectangular, blue campaign pin-back button with white and light blue text which reads: "Elizabeth / WARREN / FOR SENATE / ELIZABETHWARREN.COM"
Credit Line:
Gift of Nina Gray
Object Number:
2012.35
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth Warren (b. 1949) was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 2012.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2012
eMuseum Object ID:
69054
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Obama 2012
Classification:
Date:
2012
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Description:
Circular red pin-back button with white and yellow text, which reads: "OBAMA / 2012"
Credit Line:
Gift of Margi Hofer
Object Number:
2012.30.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2012
eMuseum Object ID:
69049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back campaign button
Classification:
Date:
2012
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Description:
Circular red pin-back button with yellow and white alternating text, which reads: "I AM NOT A / BINDER / I AM A / WOMAN / AND I VOTE / OBAMA BIDEN"
Credit Line:
Gift of Margi Hofer
Object Number:
2012.30.6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2012
eMuseum Object ID:
69048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin-back campaign button
Classification:
Date:
2012
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Description:
Circular pin-back button with photo of Michelle Obama in sleeveless dress; white text reads: "THE / RIGHT TO / BARE ARMS"
Credit Line:
Gift of Margi Hofer
Object Number:
2012.30.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2012
eMuseum Object ID:
69047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Obama / Biden / 2012
Classification:
Date:
2012
Medium:
Platic, metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Description:
Circular pin-back button with photo of the Obama Family (From left to right: Michelle, Malia, Barack and Sasha); yellow and white text on blue background below the photo reads: "OBAMA / BIDEN / 2012"
Credit Line:
Gift of Margi Hofer
Object Number:
2012.30.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2012
eMuseum Object ID:
69046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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