BUTTON

Description: ROUND BUTTON. HAS AN ORANGE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINT. AROUND PERIMETER READS "JAMBOREE DAYS PICTURE BUTTE". IN CENTER IS THE IMAGE OF A COWBOY ON A BUCKING HORSE; BELOW WHICH READS "JULY 31 - AUG. 1ST". WRITTEN FAINTLY ON BACK OF BUTTON, IN PENCIL?, IS "1977". THERE IS A BRASS SAFETY PIN AT BACK.

History: BUTTONS WERE COLLECTED BY DONOR THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD IN PICTURE BUTTE, MOST LIKELY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1976 AND 1983. DONOR COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 100 BUTTONS. DONOR SPECIFICALLY COLLECTED PICTURE BUTTE JAMBOREE DAYS BUTTONS AFTER OBTAINING THIS ONE (HIS FIRST) AT 5 YEARS OLD. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.