Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Protest and Survive
Object Number:
2002.70.16
Date:
1975-1980
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "LARRY FOX BUTTONS/BUMPERSTICKERS BOX M. VALLEY STREAM, NY 11582 (516)791-7929"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "PROTEST/AND SURVIVE"; in center, a red cross bar is placed over an image of a nuclear bomb.
Gallery Label:
This button is part of the nationwide protest against nuclear armament during the 1970's and 1980's.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
