Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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U.S. Troops Out of the Gulf!
Object Number:
2003.40.7
Date:
2003
Medium:
Paper, plastic, metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "ISO P.O. Box 16085, Chicago, IL 60616 [illegible]"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "U.S. TROOPS/OUT/of the/Gulf!/ISO"; yellow, red, black and white.
Gallery Label:
This button was sponsored by the International Socialist Organization (ISO), and was obtained and worn at a demonstration in New York City, protesting against U.S. and allied forces' invasion of Iraq.
Credit Line:
Gift of Allen Baird
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
