Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Badges/buttons (2)
Object Number:
INV.4950
Date:
1914-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
overall1: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Two metal pin-back lapel buttons "NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE"; copper; image of an eagle.
Gallery Label:
In 1918, the American Defense Society was formed as a vigilante pro-American anticommunist orginization. These buttons were worn to oppose U.S. involvement in World War I.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
