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Badge - 'Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow', Donnelly Colt Buttons, circa 1960s-1980s
Reg. No: SH 870517
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- Summary:
- Round badge with the slogan 'Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow' made by Donnelly Colt Buttons, circa 1960s-1980s. This is one of a series of badges and peace movement posters acquired by the museum following the exhibition 'Peace: an Exhibition' which explored the Peace movement and was part of the Victorian Government contribution to International Year of Peace in 1986. The badges explore the peace movement, nuclear disarmament and Hiroshima.
- Description:
- Circular badge, with yellow text on a black background. There is a small, hard to distinguish logo in the centre.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Nic Maclellan, 1987
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 4.30 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | protest movements, peace issues, political protests, nuclear disarmament |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | POLITICS & PUBLIC PROTEST |
| Secondary Classification: | Anti Nuclear |
| Tertiary Classification: | badges |
| Inscriptions: | Printed text: Better/active/today than/radioactive/tomorrow/ DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 2 NEW VERNON NJ 07976 |
| Manufacturer: | Donnelly Colt Buttons, New Vernon, New Jersey, United States of America, circa 1960s-1980s |
| Place & Date Used: | Australia, circa 1960s-1980s |
| Place & Date of Event: | Museum of Victoria McCoy Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1986 - Sep 1986 Badge displayed in Peace: an Exhibition |
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