Pinback buttons for the National Farm Workers Association: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two white pinback buttons (2013.68.4.1-.2) with black lettering. On each button, the letters are centered in the middle of the button, above and below a central red circle with the National Farm Workers Association black Aztec eagle symbol. The black text reads in Spanish [Huelga!] (strike!) and [NFWA]. The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps. At center, there is a stamp for Local 115.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1962
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: National Farm Workers Association, American, founded 1962
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: paper on metal with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.4.1): 1 3/8 × 1 5/16 × 3/16 in. (3.5 × 3.3 × 0.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.4.2): 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2013.68.4.1-.2
• 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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