University of Nebraska Button

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Object Details

Description

Collegiate button featuring a football punter and marked "NEBRASKA". The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has fielded a football team since 1890. Known as the Cornhuskers, the team has claimed national titles and featured such Heisman trophy winners as Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Eric Crouch.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1930s

ID Number

1982.0365.22

catalog number

1982.0365.22

accession number

1982.0365

Object Name

button, collegiate

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

white (overall color)

red (overall color)

orange (overall color)

Measurements

overall: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm

Associated Place

United States: Nebraska

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

Sports

name of sport

Football

level of sport

collegiate

Subject

College

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-22a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1066554