button

2002

Button shows a portrait of a uniformed David March, along with the words "EOW 4-29-02."

Used by the Campo Minutemen. Deborah Sattler, a member of the Campo Minutemen, wrote the following...

ca. 1941

Two blackout buttons. Description: Luminous treated cardboard circles, could be worn in the lapel. Condition: very good. Description: 2-1/2" diameter.

From the History Information...

Round button with "Drink Horlick's Malted Milk at your table or fountain" written on top and bottom. A girl with a cow holding a can of milk is drawn in a landscape.

Badges and buttons. Local, patriotic, cities &c. A: Button. An oak tree, rendered in color, has "Lafayette School" "Oakland" around it in black letters.

History of Lafayette...

Button with a pin on the back. An oak tree, rendered in color, has "Franklin School" "Oakland" around it in black letters.

ca. 1998

This button has been transformed to a refrigerator magnet. The button declares "Someone you care about is lesbian or gay." This was used by a PFLAG member. PFLAG stands for parents and friends...

A collection of shell decorative items; 4 spindle whorls and 3 small effigy heads. Prehistoric. The whorls and heads and probably Mexican. The shell items are from the California Bay Area shell...

1896

Button with a pin on the back. An oak tree, rendered in color, has "Polytechnic High School" "Oakland" around it in black letters. On the back is a paper label: Compliments of C. J. Heeseman,...

1970-1990

Round yellow button with green script reading: "Leaf the Air Clean, Trees Please, courtesy Jos. Schlitz Brewing Comapny"

1970-1990

Round yellow button with green script reading: "Leaf the Air Clean, Trees Please, courtesy Jos. Schlitz Brewing Comapny"

1970-1990

Round red button reading (in white type) "Trees Make Good Neighbors, Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Calif. S.F."

15-Apr-67

The black and yellow button shows three Vietnamese farmers carrying hanging baskets, underneath which it reads "Mobilize to End the War in Vietnam, San Francisco New York April 15."

1968

The bright orange button reads Indian Power in black type, with a Native American soldier on horse back.

1971

The white button has a drawing of a fist holding dog-tags, below which is written FTA (Fuck the Army), all in blue.

1967

The blue button reads, in white writin, FREE SPEECH F.S.M.

1967|c. 1967

The blue button has yellow writing that reads: Smper Fi Lives! Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, GI Resistance, and has a large peace sign in the center with a sword and dove behind it.

1967

The black and white button reads: Memorial Day, USA 1967 Vietnam: Our Boys Are Dying In Vain.

c.1965

The white button reads in large red type- Beat the Draft!, in smaller blue type it reads, Wanna stay healthy? Keep your windows closed and install weather stripping today!

White button with blue writing: "San Francsico Special Olympics" around the circumference. In the middle of the button is an abstract drawing of a person with six arms. The Special Olympics is...

21-May-73

White button with blue writing- "Opening Day May 21, 1973" along the circumference, in the middle: "Oakland-Concord Line. 'I Was There' BART {written above the BART logo- ba)"

1972

this is a round white button with "Take it Easy" written in red.

1960-1989

round button, red with white heart/arrow with text inside reading "MUNI", below in script it reads "Loves You!"

1960-1965

metal pin, black and white, reads "Freedom Now, CORE"

1970-1990

round yellow button with blue writing: "why litter" and a cartoon drawing of a workman sweeping up litter into a trash can.

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