Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Luce Center
Pin-back buttons (2)
Object Number:
2000.9ab
Date:
1999
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
each overall: 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the obverse of each: "FIVE * BOROUGHS * ONE * CITY * MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI/ FIRST/ NIGHT/ NYC/ 2000/ peter max/ www.petermax.com"
Description:
Pair of pin-back buttons celebrating "First Night 2000" in New York City; paper covered metal buttons printed with the image of a globe with New York City growing out of the northern hemisphere with saturn and stars floating around it; button inscribed, "FIVE * BOROUGHS * ONE * CITY * MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI/ FIRST/ NIGHT/ NYC/ 2000."
Gallery Label:
These buttons were purchased to celebrate New Year's eve 2000 in New York City. They represents one of the many types of souvenirs hawked to revelers in Times Square on New Year's Eve, 2000.
Credit Line:
Gift of Grady T. Turner, 2000
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
