Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
United Nations Outlaw Nuclear Weapons!
Object Number:
2002.70.55
Date:
1975-1985
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "24TH OCTOBER COALITION, C/O WSP [illegible] PHILADELPHIA, PA 19109"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "UNITED NATIONS/OUTLAW/NUCLEAR/WEAPONS!"; image of nuclear bomb cloud rising in center; white, pink and black.
Gallery Label:
This button is part of a nationwide protest against the authorization of the use of nuclear weapons in war.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
