Louisiana State University Button

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Object Details

Description (Brief)

Round collegiate button, yellow with purple outline of the Louisiana State Universiety Tiger mascot at the center of the button. Text reads I Like L.S.U.

Louisiana State University has had a football program since 1893. The University adopted a tiger mascot in 1896 to represent the state's confederate heritage, as Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was known as the "Tigers." Also, two brigades from New Orleans had connections to the Tiger nickname. One was the Tiger Rifles and the other was the Washington Artillery, whose logo featured a tiger head.

Location

Currently not on view

ID Number

1982.0566.34

accession number

1982.0566

catalog number

1982.0566.34

Object Name

button, collegiate

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

level of sport

College

web subject

Sports

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-3761-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_665777