Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 2009.023.061
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1968
- Description:
- Presidential campaign pin button, anti-Lyndon Johnson. Plastic-covered paper on metal. Black lettering on white: "GREAT SOCIETY / A NEW / LEECH / ON LIFE". Printing on edge: "[copyright symbol] UUU. 28 ST. MARKS PL., NYC 10003". Pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Creeley S. Buchanan (1917-2008) of Amherst, NH, who served as a state senator, 1965-1970. Donated by his widow.
Underground Uplift Unlimited (UUU) was located at 28 St. Mark's Place in Manhattan's East Village, 1967-1971. They created and sold political protest buttons and posters, including "Make Love Not War." - Credit Line:
- Buchanan-Spalding Collection, Gift of Rosamond Buchanan
- People:
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)
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