Houston Astros Button
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: associated institution
content: Houston Astros
label: maker
content: R-R
label: maker
content: R-R
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1970s era pinback button for the Houston Astros baseball team features a depiction of the Astrodome, the club’s original home. First known as the Harris County Domed Stadium, the arena opened in 1965, with the Houston Colt .45s as tenants. The club was renamed the Astros and the arena the Astrodome. At the time of its opening, the Astrodome was the first domed sports complex in the world, making it known as “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” The Astros final season in the Astrodome was 1999.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Winona
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
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: 1982.0365.18
label: accession number
content: 1982.0365
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0365.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm