button, Dump Jerry Lewis
button, Dump Jerry Lewis
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- Description (Brief)
- Some people with disabilities find telethons to be demeaning and offensive. They reject the use of people, especially children, as objects of pity as a strategy for raising money. One of the best known telethons has been the one hosted by Jerry Lewis on behalf of Muscular Dystrophy Association. Begun in 1966, the MDA telethon takes place on the Labor Day weekend.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pin
- button
- disability awareness
- date made
- n.d.
- maker
- Trader Council
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 5/16 in; 5.55625 cm x 5.55625 cm x.79375 cm
- overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in;.635 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- 2004.3062.08
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3062
- catalog number
- 2004.3062.08
- Credit Line
- gift of Janine Kemp Bertram
- subject
- Disabilities
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Disabilities
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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