Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.74.17
Date:
ca. 1975
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
sticker: on back of button: "1969"
engraved: on back of button: "1969"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "MAILER/BRESLIN"; yellow and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
