Environmental Button

Description:

The slogan on this button is a humorous take-off on the well-known “save the whales” buttons, which were popular in the mid-1970s to the 1980s.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Environmental Movement

Subject:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.0014.1256Accession Number: 2003.0014Catalog Number: 2003.0014.1256

Object Name: button

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: .33 cm x 4.3 cm; x 1/8 in x 1 11/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b594-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1285560

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