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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
Artist/Maker: Daniel Chester French

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Button/ clothing

Button/ clothing
Object name 
Button/ clothing
Date 
1910-1920
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
1/2 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description 
Five gold colored metal military clothes buttons, the tops embossed with a spread winged eagle on an anchor encircled by stars. The reverse is engraved "American Button Co./ Newark. Probably vintage World War I.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.3368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.