button, Disabled People's Movement

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Object Details

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 1976 one.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Carr Massi

date made

1976

ID Number

1999.0263.14

accession number

1999.0263

catalog number

1999.0263.14

Object Name

button

disability awareness

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.715 cm

overall: 2 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 5/16 in; 5.55625 cm x 5.55625 cm x .79375 cm

place made

United States: New York, Brooklyn

Associated Place

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Disabilities

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject