Pinback button for Project Youth: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button with a pink background and black text throughout that reads [There Is Another Way / Project Youth]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-2000
• Manufactured by: Damer Advertising, Inc., American
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2013.68.57
• 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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