Object Details
- Created by
- Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, 1970 - 1984
- Manufactured by
- N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Designed by
- BC Graphics, founded 1982
- Subject of
- Marsha P. Johnson, American, 1945 - 1992
- Sylvia Rivera, American, 1951 - 2002
- Description
- A button celebrating the 1984 Christopher Street Liberation Day. The button face has a wide light pink margin with dark pink text reading [UNITY & MORE IN '84 / New York City Gays & Lesbians / Remember Stonewall]. The center of the button features a gray silhouette of the Statue of Liberty in a dark pink circle with light pink text that reads [Christopher Street Liberation Day June 24, 1984 / 15th ANNIVERSARY]. Text at the very edge of the light pink margin reads [N.G. SLATER CORP. N.Y.C. 10011 {union label} / Designed by bc graphics/989-7563 / CSLDC © 1984].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
- 1984
- Object number
- 2014.183.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 3/8 in. (6.5 × 6.5 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Identity
- LGBTQ
- Politics
- Sexuality
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.183.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd511067461-b5b8-49e2-903a-22900e0ceebc
