Button, Event
Object number2018.139.50
Manufacturer
Donnelly/Colt Buttons
Date1987
OriginHampton, CT
MediumPaper; Plastic; Metal; Ink
Credit LineGift of Donald Thinnes
DescriptionCircular pinback event button. Blue plasticized paper background. Front center has inverted red equilateral triangle surmounted by the United States Capitol Building dome. Front has white text around the perimeter and below the dome. Shiny silver metal backer with pinback across top center. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2 x 0.313 in. (5.1 x 0.8 cm)InscriptionsFront has white printed text around the perimeter "MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS" and at bottom center "OCT. 11, / 1987".
MarksBottom edge has white printed text "MARCH ON WASHINGTON BOX 7781 WASH, DC 202-783-1828 DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON, CT 06247 [union label]"; union label has text "UNION / LABEL".
Previous owner
Donald R. Thinnes
On View
Not on view
Donnelly/Colt Buttons
Donnelly/Colt Buttons
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