Pinback button advocating against drugs: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button advocating against drugs: Date: 1950-2000. Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button with and anti-drug message. The background of the button is black. Yellow text throughout reads [Drugs Are A Cop-Out]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in yellow ink. The back of the button has metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950-2000
- Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 5/16 in. (4.4 × 3.8 × 0.8 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Social reform
- Object number: 2013.68.126
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- 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 displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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