Button, Political
- Object Name:
- Button, Political
- Object ID:
- 2018.019.01
- Date:
- 2017
- Description:
- Pin button, Stop Northern Pass, 2017. Circular button, plastic-laminated paper on metal. "STOP The Towers! / STOP NORTHERN PASS / LIVE FREE OR FRY.org" printed in red, white, and green on black background, with image of power line towers and black lightning bolt. Pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-2.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Made and worn by members of Concerned Citizens Against the NSTAR-HVDC Power Line in NH, part of a coalition of organizations opposed to the Northern Pass electric energy project. Northern Pass is a 192-mile transmission line project that would bring 1,090 megawatts of electric energy from Hydro-Québec's hydroelectric plants in Canada to New England.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Howard Mansfield
- Subjects:
- Power transmission lines, Protests, Protest movements
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