1919 Button
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: American Art Sign Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Round 1919 button. The button is white with a blue border. A red cross is in the center of the button. Blue print reads “1919.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: The American Red Cross was one of the major organizations that conducted relief work during World War I.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Much like the use of military insignia to identify its wearer (by association with an organization) and his/her achievements, these pins and buttons were meant to be worn by Americans on the home front during World War I to show their membership in an organization and/or their contribution to a particular war effort, such as the United War Work Campaign. The pins and buttons displayed the wearer’s patriotism and generosity and undoubtedly also served to prompt others to become similarly involved in the various war efforts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Military
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content: Advertising
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content: World War I Pins & Buttons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0308
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0308
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm; 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 9/16 in; .3175 cm x 1.42875 cm