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Westway Will Never Be Built

Westway Will Never Be Built
Title
Westway Will Never Be Built
Object name 
Pin-back button
Date 
1978
Related People 
Artist/Maker: N. G. Slater Corp.
Medium 
Metal, plastic
Dimensions 
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description 
Circular pin-back button: "WESTWAY/WILL NEVER/BE BUILT"; yellow and black.
Credit Line 
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number 
2002.74.74
Marks 
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP. N.Y.C. 11" sticker: on back of button: "10/78"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.