Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
ca. 1969
Medium
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description
Circular political pin-back button; spoof of the executive seal; blue blackground with an image of a white dove holding a peace sign and an olive branch, with American flag on chest; in black lettering on a banner "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Credit Line
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number
2003.64.16
Gallery Label
This button was in support of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
