Pinback Button, "Hands Across America"
Object Details
- Date
- 1986
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Accession Number
- 2003.0037.0004
- Type
- pinback button
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (0.4 × 5.5 cm)
- Record ID
- acm_2003.0037.0004
3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (0.4 × 5.5 cm) Round pinback button, white background with centered US map, the top portion is blue and the bottom red. The colors are divided horizontally by a line of white human figures all
holding hands, upraised in the air. Above the map, in black text, it reads "Hands Across America ™"and "May 25, 1986". Below the map, from left to right, is a series of three logos from sponsors. The first is a small blue rectangle, at the top, in white text, it reads "CITIBANK" followed by an oval with a centered blue cross. This is sandwiched between white horizontal lines. Beneath the blue rectangle, in small black text, it reads "In Association With CITICORP" followed by a black circle with a white center. The center logo is set as a rectangle with no boundaries, it reads, in small black text, "A Project Of", "USA for Africa ™", "United Support of Artists for Africa", and "1986". The last logo is a red square that reads, in white, "Enjoy Coca-Cola" with a twisted horizontal ribbon below. Beneath the square, in black, it reads "In Association With The Coca-Cola Company". along the back thin edge, in small black text, it reads "Delancey Street Marketing, San Francisco".