Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
Title
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
Object name
Pin-back button
Date
1981
Medium
Metal, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm )
Description
Circular pin-back button: "WORLD PEACE/through nuclear disarmament"; image of a dove and smaller bird in center; pink, white and green.
Credit Line
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number
2002.70.10
Marks
printed: on side of button: "c.1981-BERRI [illegible] Mellow Crafts RFD 2 Grant Rd. Newmarket, NH 03857 LARRY FOX BUTTONS/ BUMPERSTICKERS BOX M VALLEYSTREAM, N.Y."
sticker: on back of button: "Order From Mellow Crafts RFD 2 Grant Rd. Newmarket, NH 03857 (603) 659-5456"
Gallery Label
This button was worn in protest against the nuclear arms race during the early 1980's.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
