Urban Ecology Button
Urban Ecology Button
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- Description
- Ecology is a branch of science dealing with the relationships of organisms within an environment. Urban ecology is the study of how organisms coexist in a hard-landscape urban area. This button showing a dead bird in the city is a satirical example of how ecosystems cannot coexist without a balanced relationship.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- date made
- 1970s
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- round (overall shape)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- 1996.0130.35
- catalog number
- 1996.0130.35
- accession number
- 1996.0130
- subject
- Environment
- Environmental Movement
- Environmental History
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- Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Environmental History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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