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Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.74.102
Date:
2001
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP. NYC 10018"
engraved: on back of button: "2001"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "HEALTH CARE IS A/HUMAN RIGHT/Physicians/for a National/Health/Program"; blue, white, green and red.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
