Pinback button for the Milwaukee 14: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Milwaukee 14: Date: 1968. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button advocating for the Milwaukee 14. The background of the button is white. Red text throughout reads [Milwaukee 14]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 3/16 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Object number: 2013.68.125
- 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: Publci domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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