Environmental Button

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Object Details

maker

Racomex Products

Description

This button depicts the ecology symbol, a small letter “e” inside the larger letter “O,” the letters standing for “environment” and “organism.” Cartoonist Ron Cobb invented the symbol in 1969. The ecology symbol appeared in a green U.S. flag for the first time in the April 21, 1970 issue of Look magazine.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Horn Badge Company

ID Number

1993.3186.01

catalog number

1993.3186.01

nonaccession number

1993.3186

Object Name

button

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 4.3 cm x 1.2 cm; 1 11/16 in x 1/2 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Environmental Movement

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3534-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_333284