Pinback button for the Fire Department of the City of New York youth program: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the Fire Department of the City of New York. The background of the button is red with black and white text around the edge that reads [Firefighters Devoted To Neighborhood Youth]. At center is the FDNY crest. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-2000
• Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: Fire Department of the City of New York, American, founded 1865
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Urban life
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2013.68.63
• 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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