Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
Date:
1950
Object Number:
1956.7
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
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Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3900
Date:
1910-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A dark beige pinback button printed with a color scene of a young boy and girl standing with a large American flag surrounded by the words in blue "The Saloon or/ The Boys and Girls/ / The Real Issue". Probably a temperance era anti-liquor, anti-saloon movement pin promoting Prohibition.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
