Button, Advertising, Federal Express (FedEx)
date: label: date made
content: c 1990
notes: label: Description
content: This circular button has an orange-red background with white text that reads: "DON'T PANIC! FEDERAL EXPRESS." A mark in black ink on the reverse reads: "Comdex 6/90."
label: Description
content: Federal Express, now known as FedEx, is a package delivery company that was founded in 1973. On their first day, the 389 employees and 14 planes delivered 186 packages to 25 east coast US cities. Today, they have over 650 aircraft, thousands of trucks, 300,000 employees, and they deliver 3.6 million packages daily to more than 220 countries and territories.
label: Description
content: References: [Last accessed 2019-07-24]
label: Description
content: https://about.van.fedex.com/our-story/history-timeline/history/
label: Description
content: http://www.fedex.com/cv/about/company-info/40th-anniversary.html
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Advertising
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: David DeJean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.3071.631
label: catalog number
content: 2009.3071.631
label: nonaccession number
content: 2009.3071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, advertising
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; x .635 cm x 5.715 cm