Political Button

Object/Artifact

Berkeley Historical Society & Museum

Name/Title

Political Button

Entry/Object ID

2010.042.004

Description

Round metal button , black and white, with clenched fist in middle and "Movement on Trial Oakland Seven". The seven were SF Bay area ant-vietnam war activists, working on the anti draft movement of 1967-8. They were acquitted in 1969.

Made/Created

Date made

1968 - 1969

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Diameter

1-3/4 in

Location

Other

A5-8