Environmental Button

Environmental Button

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Description
The slogan on this button can be taken two ways. It can be a warning that if we don’t recycle the millions of tons of trash we produce, we’ll be buried under it eventually. Or it can be taken as a tongue-in-cheek threat by the wearer, who’ll kill you if you don’t recycle. Either way it tells us where the wearer stands on the issue and invites comments.
Location
Currently not on view
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
ID Number
2003.0014.0282
accession number
2003.0014
catalog number
2003.0014.0282
subject
Environmental Movement
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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