Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2003.64.16
Date:
ca. 1969
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; spoof of the executive seal; blue blackground with an image of a white dove holding a peace sign and an olive branch, with American flag on chest; in black lettering on a banner "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Gallery Label:
This button was in support of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
