Pittsburgh Social Movements Buttons

Pittsburgh History
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania History
Social Movements

This photograph is a sampling of Pittsburgh social movements buttons collected by Mike Stout. These buttons come from bag one of one. The top left button is white and depicts a stop sign at the top. In red lettering the button reads STOP TREASON by U.S. Steel. The bottom left button is white with blue lettering that reads SAVE OUR VALLEY. The top center button is white and depicts a man, Joe Hill, in the center. The black lettering on the button reads DON’T MOURN ORGANIZE. I.W.W. JOE HILL MURDERED NOV. 19, 1915. The bottom center button is yellow with black lettering that reads EXTEND AND EXPAND THE G.I. BILL. FREE ASHBY LEACH. V.V.A.W. The top right button is white and green with the depiction of Duquesne University at the top. The button reads DUQUESNE SEPTEMBER 1991 CENTENNIAL. The bottom right button is green with brown lettering that reads TRI-STATE CONFERENCE ON STEEL. Solidarity.

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Battle of Homestead Foundation

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.