Object Details
- Description
- This button was likely used during Bowl of Rice party events in California in 1941. Between 1938 and 1941, Chinese Americans led fundraising efforts, known as Bowl of Rice parties, to raise money to aid Chinese civilians suffering in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Leaders organized Bowl of Rice party events in San Francisco’s and New York’s Chinatowns, along with in over two thousand communities across the country. The drives featured parades, concerts, pageants, and other activities.
- To learn more about the history of Bowl of Rice parties, please see this blog post:
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Daniel Ostroff
- 1941
- ID Number
- 2017.0216.06
- accession number
- 2017.0216
- catalog number
- 2017.0216.06
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- metal; plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .6 cm x 3.2 cm; 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Associated Place
- China
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Philanthropy
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Philanthropy
- Record ID
- nmah_1864982
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-ab10-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
