Football Boosters / Fairfax, H.S.
notes: label: Description
content: Football shaped button has a silver ground with <i>Football Boosters - Fairfax H.S.</i> printed in blue in the center of the button. Button likely is to support Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia. The school was founded in 1936. The team mascot of Fairfax High School has been somewhat controversial. Known as the Rebels, Fairfax was reprented by a character known as Johnny Reb (a Confederate solider). In 1985, Johnny Reb was removed amid protest from students and was replaced by the Rebel Rouser which resembled a ball of lint. Today the school's mascot is a lion.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Football
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00302
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00302
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, scholastic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm