Button, Computer People for Peace
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description
content: This pinback, coated metal button has white lettering on a blue background. It reads: COMPUTER PEOPLE FOR PEACE.
label: Description
content: Computer People for Peace was an organization that grew out of American protests against warfare in Vietnam and other military activities of computer manufacturers. Organized in New York City, it not only planned activities at gatherings of technical people, but published a newsletter called "Interrupt" from 1968 until 1973.
label: Description
content: The donor, historian of technology Steven Lubar, believes that he acquired the button as a student at MIT.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Steven Lubar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0159.01
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0159.01
label: accession number
content: 2023.0159
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Type
content: Promotional Button
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (inclusive of pin): 1 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/16 in; 3.81 cm x 4.1275 cm x .47625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (just button face): 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in; .47625 cm x 3.81 cm