Pinback button with the slogan "Starve A Rat Today": Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button with the slogan "Starve A Rat Today": Date: ca. 1970. Created by: New York City Department of Health, American, founded 1866. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and yellow pinback button with the slogan [Starve a rat today.]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp that is illegible. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1970
- Created by: New York City Department of Health, American, founded 1866
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Government
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2013.68.47
- 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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