Button: Fight Diabetes, American Diabetes Association

National Museum of American History

Object Details

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Description (Brief)
Pin-back buttons such as this one serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. The American Diabetes Association created this one in 1984.
Location
Currently not on view
ca 1984
ID Number
1985.0178.13
accession number
1985.0178
catalog number
1985.0178.13
Object Name
button, diabetes
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.715 cm
overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.5875 cm
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Disabilities
Diabetes
National Museum of American History
Subject
Disabilities
Record ID
nmah_1398364
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-3270-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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