Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.68.22
Date:
1970-1973
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "NIXON/EATS/LETTUCE"; image of a bird at bottom; green and black.
Gallery Label:
In 1970, the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) urged the public to boycott lettuce cultivated and sold by non-unionized lettuce producers. This button accused President Nixon of supporting the opposition.
Credit Line:
Gift of Norma P. Munn
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
