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Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
Artist/Maker: John Conger

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Button

Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
ca. 1967
Medium 
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions 
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description 
Circular political pin-back button; some faint water damage; blue background witht the official emblem of the National Mobilization Committee; image of a white dove behind a pentagonal cage
Credit Line 
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number 
2003.64.15
Marks 
crimp: black lettering "Offical National Mobilization Committee Emblem"
Gallery Label 
The dove is a symbol for peace, while the U.S. military's headquarters is in a pentagon-shaped building. Therefore the image of the bird of peace trapped by a pentagon-shaped cage or net, expresses the anti-Vietnam War movement's frustration with the U.S. military's interference with peace in Vietnam.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.