BUTTON, POLITICAL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- THACKER
- Date Range From
- 1976
- Date Range To
- 1983
- Materials
- TIN, PAPER, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20020077029
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- THACKER
- Date Range From
- 1976
- Date Range To
- 1983
- Materials
- TIN, PAPER, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Diameter
- 6.4
- Description
- ROUND BUTTON. HAS A BACKGROUND OF HALF RED, HALF BLUE. IN WHITE OVER TOP OF BACKGROUND IS "THACKER". BACK OF BUTTON HAS A BRASS SAFETY PIN.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- POLITICS
- History
- DONOR BELIEVES BUTTON WAS PROBABLY GIVEN TO HIM BY PARENTS, KNOWING THAT HE COLLECTED THEM. 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. **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.
- Catalogue Number
- P20020077029
- Acquisition Date
- 2003-05
- Collection
- Museum
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