Button reading [I LIKE BUF], with backing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Button reading [I LIKE BUF], with backing: Date: mid-20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
A "I Like BUF Cause They Like Me" button (a) with loose backing (b).
The white button has black text which reads [I LIKE / BUF / CAUSE THEY / LIKE ME]. The back of the button is silver.
The backing to the button is separated from the actual button. It is a metal circle with a wire pin.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid-20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: mounts (attachments)
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with plastic and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.23.5ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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