New York Mets, Mr. Met Button
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
name: label: referenced
content: New York Mets
notes: label: Description
content: Button featuring an image of the New York Mets mascot "Mr. Met."
label: Description
content: The mascot for the New York Mets professional baseball team, Mr. Met first appeared in game programs in 1963, one year after the team was founded. A live version of Mr. Met was introduced in 1964, making the mascot the first to appear at games in human form.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.322
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.322
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in; x 15.24 cm