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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
Related Person: Cornelia De Peyster

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Button
Object name 
Button
Date 
ca. 1962
Related People 
Related Institution: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description 
Circular political pin-back button; black background with white lettering, and white background with black lettering; "FREEDOM / NOW / CORE" (top half black, bottom half white)
Credit Line 
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler