Earth Day '80 April 22

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Object Details

maker

Edward Horn Co.

Description (Brief)

Buttons for Conservation Causes

1970–2000

By the 1960s and ’70s public awareness about the environment was growing, as were threats like pollution, species extinction, and population growth. Americans founded organizations dedicated to a wide variety of environmental causes.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Horn Badge Company

date made

1980

ID Number

1993.3186.06

catalog number

1993.3186.06

nonaccession number

1993.3186

Object Name

Button

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3.8 cm x 1.2 cm; 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in

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Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences

Giving in America

Environmental Buttons

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Environmental Movement

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-345e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_333289