Button, Promotional

Object number2008.40.4

Manufacturer Union Litho-Metal Corporation

Date1954

OriginChicago, IL

MediumMetal; Ink

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

DescriptionMetal circular red and white lithograph button, with straight pin on back. Black text above and below red silhouette of a person looking through a telescope.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 1.188 × 1 × 0.25 in. (3 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
InscriptionsWritten on front, "POLIO PIONEER / THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS" ; in center, "[red image of person looking into microscope in laboratory setting] 1954 [in black]".
MarksOn lower side edge "UNION LITHO-METAL CORP CHICAGO, 39, ILL." ; two seals on opposite end.
Historical NotesButton given to child who was given the polio vaccine shot, which was administered to second graders throughout the United States.

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