Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
ca. 1965
Medium
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description
Circular political pin-back button; white background with black lettering; "end the war / INTERNATIONAL / DAYS OF / sds PROTEST sds / OCT. 15-16 / in Vietnam"
Credit Line
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number
2003.64.42
Gallery Label
During the Vietnam War, many International Days of Protest were organized to protest the war.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
