Pinback button with the text The Spirit of New York: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A yellow and black pinback button for the city of New York. The button has a yellow background with black text throughout. The text at the top reads [The Spirit of New York]. The middle of the button is filled with black text and the phrase [Respect and Unity] written in Korean, English, Chinese, Hebrew, Italian, French, and Spanish and repeated. At the bottom right corner, black text reads [We're Working On It.]. The exterior edges of the button have text about the manufacturer. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970-2000
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: New York City, American, founded 1624
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 in. (5.2 × 7.8 × 0.8 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Language
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2013.68.28
• 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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