Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3944
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button with a color drawing of a Native America in profile wearing a colorful feathered headdress marked "Tote", under the words "Improved Order Of Red Men". The reverse reads "American Pepsin Gum Co.", part of a collectible series.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
