Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
ca. 1964
Medium
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description
Circular political pin-back button; white background with blue lettering, and blue background with white lettering; "FREEDOM RIDE / CORE"
Credit Line
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number
2003.64.41
Marks
crimp: blue lettering "ACE 680 B'WAY N.Y.C."
Gallery Label
Starting in 1961, the Freedom Ride CORE organized dozens of trips to the Deep South by Northern students and Civil Rights activists. The goal of these trips was to protest the racial segragation in the Southern United States.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
