Collection Highlights
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Date:
1858
Object Number:
LIB.KF4550.Z9.B76
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Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.4289
Date:
1991
Medium:
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 2 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A white pinback button printed in black with a sketch of a polar bear head over the words "Don't Close Our Zoo". Due to a New York City fiscal crisis in 1991, the Central Park Zoo was threatened with closure but through fundraising and local awareness projects, was saved and restored.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
