Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2003.64.27
Date:
ca. 1994
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Circular political pin-back button; Emancipation March On Washington August 28 1963; white background with blue lettering; image of a blue toliet, emphasizing the flushing of the work "RUSH"; "FLUSH / RUSH / LINBAUGH"
Gallery Label:
Rush Linbaugh is a politically conservative disc jockey and author. In 1994, Brian Keliher, Brian Keliber, and C. Laurin published a book, entitled "Flush Rush," in opposition to his political views.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
