Pin-back button

Identifier
irn601601
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.238.16
  • 2018.164
  • 2018.233
  • 2018.287
  • 2018.467
  • 2018.568
  • 2019.24
  • 2019.110
  • 2019.249
  • 2019.507
  • 2019.550
  • 2020.26
  • 2021.217
  • 2022.109
  • 2022.162
  • 2022.220
  • 2023.17
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn601601

Extent and Medium

overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)

Archival History

The propaganda button was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Forrest Robinson Jr.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Forrest James Robinson, Jr.

Scope and Content

American propaganda anti-Axis pin

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Circular metal pin: central image of man in long coat holding bundle or baby, stars and stripes across center, translated upper text in Hebrew: “The voice calls out to you”, lower text “The Jewish Look to America for Help”; printed on verso: “Remember / Relief Ball / Wed. March 15, 1916 / Symphony Hall / Boston”; manufactured by The Whitenead & Hoag, Co., Newark, NJ; dated 1916.

Genre

  • Identifying Artifacts
  • Object
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.