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Object Details

maker

unknown

Description (Brief)

Pin-back buttons serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, a form of educational outreach, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. NMAH has several hundred pin-back buttons related to disability, including this 1989 one that connected the Americans with Disabilities Act to broader civil rights issues.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund through Pat Wright

date made

1989

ID Number

2004.3055.11

nonaccession number

2004.3055

catalog number

2004.3055.11

Object Name

button

disability awareness

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

plastic (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 5/16 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm x .79375 cm

overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.715 cm

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Health & Medicine

Disabilities

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject