Advertising Button, IBM, Personal Computer
Advertising Button, IBM, Personal Computer
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- Description
- This circular button has black text on a white background. It reads: The IBM Personal Computer. It also has an image of a brown cane, black bowler hat, and black moustache; all associated with the film star Charlie Chaplin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button, advertising
- date made
- c 1984
- c 1981
- maker
- IBM
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/16 in x 2 1/2 in;.79375 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- 2009.3071.002
- catalog number
- 2009.3071.002
- nonaccession number
- 2009.3071
- Credit Line
- David DeJean
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Popular Entertainment
- Advertising
- Computers & Business Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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