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- Button, "Give Earth a Chance," 1970 - University of Michigan students formed the Environmental Action for Survival Committee (ENACT) in 1969. They created this button to promote a four-day "Teach-in on the Environment," held in March 1970 (before the official Earth Day, April 22, 1970). It was sold to Earth Day advocates who wore it in support of environmental education, direct action to reduce pollution, and regulation to ensure a future for the planet and its inhabitants.
- 1970
- Collections - Artifact
Button, "Give Earth a Chance," 1970
University of Michigan students formed the Environmental Action for Survival Committee (ENACT) in 1969. They created this button to promote a four-day "Teach-in on the Environment," held in March 1970 (before the official Earth Day, April 22, 1970). It was sold to Earth Day advocates who wore it in support of environmental education, direct action to reduce pollution, and regulation to ensure a future for the planet and its inhabitants.
- TWA Suitcase, circa 1960 - Trans World Airlines operated under various names from 1925 to 2001. Though it was initially slow to adopt jet aircraft, TWA replaced the last of its propeller planes with jets in 1967. This suitcase prominently features TWA's logo and its trademark shade of red. It may have been used by a flight attendant or distributed as a promotional item.
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
TWA Suitcase, circa 1960
Trans World Airlines operated under various names from 1925 to 2001. Though it was initially slow to adopt jet aircraft, TWA replaced the last of its propeller planes with jets in 1967. This suitcase prominently features TWA's logo and its trademark shade of red. It may have been used by a flight attendant or distributed as a promotional item.
- "Pine Trees and Snowballs" Geometric Coverlet, 1800-1880 - A coverlet is a decorative bedcovering--usually made of cotton and wool--woven on a loom. Geometric designs like the stylized pine trees and snowballs seen on this coverlet were popular until the 1830s when the Jacquard loom's innovative technology made weaving "figured and fancy" coverlets easier and cheaper. The Jacquard loom was patented in France in 1804 and arrived in America in the mid-1820s.
- 1800-1880
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"Pine Trees and Snowballs" Geometric Coverlet, 1800-1880
A coverlet is a decorative bedcovering--usually made of cotton and wool--woven on a loom. Geometric designs like the stylized pine trees and snowballs seen on this coverlet were popular until the 1830s when the Jacquard loom's innovative technology made weaving "figured and fancy" coverlets easier and cheaper. The Jacquard loom was patented in France in 1804 and arrived in America in the mid-1820s.