Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.74.66
Date:
1994
Medium:
Metal, plastic and cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Square shaped pin-back button: "NYC Mott Haven/Healthy Start/A Healthy Start/Begins with You!/Farmers Market/July 14 thru October 27, 1994"; image of a wheelbarrow filled with vegetables and garden tools to the right; green, white and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
