Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon button
date: label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Lewis, Jerry
label: maker
content: Hirschfeld, Al
label: maker
content: Margo Feiden Galleries
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pinback button made to promote the <i>Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon</i> in 1981. The blue metal button features a caricature illustration of Jerry Lewis with a microphone.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The telethon was an annual televised fundraising event supporting the Muscular Dystrophy Association hosted by entertainer Jerry Lewis from 1966-2010. The popular program drew millions of viewers with its variety show format and slate of star performers including regulars Ed McMahon, Tony Orlando, Norm Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Charo. Over its nearly five decades of annual events, the telethon raised more than $2 billion dollars for muscular dystrophy research, but some disability advocates criticized the telethon for its tokenistic treatment of people living with the disease.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Philanthropy
label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.079
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; x 7.62 cm