button, (No) Polio

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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 one from 2005. This button was created by Rotary International as part of their global campaign to end polio. The image depicts the polio virus.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

n.d.

ID Number

2010.0130.19

catalog number

2010.0130.19

accession number

2010.0130

Object Name

button, polio eradication

button, vaccination campaign

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; .635 cm x 3.81 cm

overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 5/16 in; 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm x .79375 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Disabilities

Antibody Initiative: Polio

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject