"Breathe Easier" Button

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Object Details

Description

Since its founding in 1892, the San Francisco-based Sierra Club fought mainly to preserve the nation’s wildlands. In the aftermath of the first Earth Day, the club expanded its range of environmental campaigns, as illustrated on this button from the 1970s.

The button is among the more than 1,500 pin-backed environmental buttons that Gerald H. Meral donated to the National Museum of American History. Meral spent his career addressing natural resource concerns for the California state government and California-based non-governmental organizations. He began assembling his button collection in 1970.

ID Number

2003.0014.1146

accession number

2003.0014

catalog number

2003.0014.1146

Object Name

button

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .33 cm x 5.5 cm; 1/8 in x 2 5/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences

Government, Politics, and Reform

Health & Medicine

American Enterprise

Environmental Buttons

Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Environmental Movement

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-8f7f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1284677