Button: Fight Diabetes, American Diabetes Association

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Object Details

maker

unknown

Description (Brief)

Pin-back buttons such as this one serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. The American Diabetes Association created this one in 1984.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1984

ID Number

1985.0178.13

accession number

1985.0178

catalog number

1985.0178.13

Object Name

button, diabetes

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

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

overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.5875 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Disabilities

Diabetes

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject