Button, "Poor People's Campaign 1968"

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

1968

Subject Date

1968

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2004.84.34

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Donated by Laura A. Young in Memory of Kathryn Emerson-Buntin.

Material

Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic laminate

Color

Black (Color)
White (Color)

Dimensions

Diameter: 2.125 in
Depth: 0.188 in

Inscriptions

button front: POOR / PEOPLE'S / CAMPAIGN / 1968
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