Peace sign stickers and buttons, circa 1960s

File — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

These folder and artifact tray compartments contain peace movement ephemera from the 1960s.

The folder contents include four peace stickers. Three stickers show a peace sign with the text "peace" underneath it. The fourth sticker shows a modified US flag with a peace sign where the stars would normally be.

The peace buttons in the artifact tray are described as follows:

1. A blue and white peace button (box 2, item 9) 2. A red and white peace button (box 2, item 10) 3. A yellow button with a red peace sign surrounded by an intricate red swirling design (box 2, item 11) 4. A button with a peace sign and irises in green against a black background (box 2, item 12) 5. A pink "Pooh for Peace" button with Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon with a peace sign on it (box 2, item 13) 6. A button with a stylized white peace dove (shaped a bit like a spiral shell or horn) holding an olive branch against a blue background (box 2, item 14) 7. A button with a stylized white peace dove against a blue background (box 2, item 15) 8. A purple and white Chi Rho Pax button, with the letters Alpha and Omega to either side of the Chi Rho in the center of the button, with the word Pax beneath the Chi Rho symbol (box 2, item 16) 9. A hot pink smiley face button (box 3, item 3)

Dates

Creation: circa 1960s

Creator

From the Collection: Genesis 1:29 (Organization)
From the Collection: Jolly Road Farm (Organization)
From the Collection: Gaskin, Stephen (1935-02-16-2014-07-01) (Person)
From the Collection: Youth International Party (Organization)
From the Collection: Women Strike for Peace (Organization)
From the Collection: National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (Organization)
From the Collection: Peace and Freedom Party (U.S.) (Organization)
From the Collection: Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee (Organization)
From the Collection: Weisfeld, Irwin, 1932–1968 (Person)
From the Collection: Horatio Button Company (Organization)
From the Collection: Woodstock Lib. (Organization)
From the Collection: Diggers (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organization)
From the Collection: Hodges, Dave (Person)
From the Collection: Franco American Novelty Company (Organization)
From the Collection: Artists Liberation Front (Organization)
From the Collection: Glide Foundation (Organization)
From the Collection: Great Shanghai Steel & Iron Works (Organization)
From the Collection: Hanley, George (Person)
From the Collection: Radical Education Project (Organization)
From the Collection: Graham, Bill, 1931-1991 (Person)
From the Collection: Family Dog Productions (Organization)
From the Collection: Café Bizarre (Organization)
From the Collection: Cafe Rafio (Organization)
From the Collection: The Bitter End (Organization)