Pinback Button, "Initiative 10"
Object Details
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (0.6 × 4.5 cm)
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of the Family of Howard Croft
- Caption
- This round pinback button advocated for the approval of Initiative 10 calling for a freeze on nuclear arms production. The pin features black lettering against a yellow background, with the number 10 printed in red at the center. The number “0” in 10 is depicted as a red prohibition sign overlaid on a black bomb facing downwards. The resolution, promoted by the DC Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze group, was included on the ballot for the November 2, 1982 general election. It was approved in the District of Columbia and other states.
- The button is among more than 200 collected by longtime Anacostia resident and social justice advocate Howard Croft.
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- Accession Number
- 2022.14.103
- Type
- pinback button
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2022.14.103
