button, DIA [Disabled In Action]

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From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'

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 one. Students at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University founded DIA, Disabled in Action, in 1970, to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Carr Massi

date made

n.d.

ID Number

1999.0263.05

accession number

1999.0263

catalog number

1999.0263.05

Object Name

button

disability awareness

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; .635 cm x 5.3975 cm

overall: 2 1/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 5/16 in; 5.23875 cm x 5.23875 cm x .79375 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Disabilities

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject