pin, President's Committee on Mental Retardation

Description (Brief):

Pin-back buttons serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, a form of educational outreach, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. NMAH has several hundred buttons related to disability, including this one. It was created by the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation in 1991 to mark its 25th anniversary. The Committee’s name was changed in 2003 to President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Date Made: 1991

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Disabilities

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Disabilities

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2010.0130.26Catalog Number: 2010.0130.26Accession Number: 2010.0130

Object Name: pindisability awareness

Physical Description: metal (overall material)plastic (part: bag material)cardboard (part: backing material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 2 in x 3 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 5.08 cm x 8.89 cmoverall: 3 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 5/16 in; 8.255 cm x 4.7625 cm x .79375 cmpart: pin: 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 5/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 2.8575 cm x .79375 cm x 2.8575 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4764-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1391324

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