Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.70.5
Date:
1945
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "N.Y. MED. COMM. TO END THE WAR IN/VIETNAM"; a snake wrapped around an Aesculapean staff; (official insignia of the American Medical Association) is overshadowed by a dove; red, black and white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
