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Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Boycott fur-bearing people button
Object Number:
2006.5.10
Dimensions:
Diameter: 3 in.
Description:
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Metal pinback button on white background with red lettering, BOYCOTT FUR-BEARING PEOPLE; Friends of Animals, Inc., N.Y.C. 10023, Black and white image: baby seal, on crimp: N.G. SLATER CORP. N.Y.C. 11
Credit Line:
Gift of Ralph W. Nerbel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
