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  • Button, High Point Central High School Basketball Team 1963
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Basketball
  • High Point Central Basketball team of 1963 button. White background with blue lettering and text that reads: "1963 / High Point Central High School /BLACK BISON" with an image of the basketball team, "THE MEN'S DEN / Traditional Clothing / for /...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, World's Largest Bureau
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Furniture; Furniture industry; Souvenirs
  • Button promoting the World's Largest Bureau in High Point, N.C. The button has a navy blue border with white text that reads "WORLD'S LARGEST BUREAU / 27 FT WIDE 14 FT DEEP 32 FT HIGH." The center of the button features a drawing of a dresser...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Raleigh Speedway
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Automobile racing
  • Button promoting the Raleigh Speedway, originally named the "Southland Speedway." The button has a white background with an image of a red car and flag in center. Red text reads: "See You at the Races / RALEIGH SPEEDWAY." Dimensions: 25 mm in...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Jack Gravely
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Tobacco; Political platforms; Political campaigns; Politics & government
  • Campaign button for Jack Gravely. The button has a gray background and a picture of Jack Gravely. White text reads: "His Platform / High Prices for Tobacco / Jack / Gravely / Let's Stick to Him. / He Sticks to Us. / Rocky Mount, N.C." Dimensions:...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button and ribbon, UNC marching band
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Ribbons; Marching bands
  • White and blue button with a white ribbon and marching band pin attached. Text on the button reads, "University/ North/ Carolina."
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Campbell University
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Schools
  • Button promoting Campbell University. The button has a white background featuring a black-and-white image of a building, and black text reading: "Buie's Creek Academy/ And Business College." Dimensions: 25 mm diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Atlantic Beach
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Souvenirs; Beaches; Tourism
  • Button promoting Atlantic Beach. The button features a colorful picture of two people laying out on a beach. Black text on the button reads: "Atlantic Beach/ Morehead City, N.C." Dimensions: 44 mm in diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button and ribbon, UNC football
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Ribbons; Football
  • Blue and white button with a white ribbon and football charm attached. The button features an image of football players and text that reads, "North/ Carolina/ Tar Heels."
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Battle of King's Mountain
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Souvenirs; Historic sites
  • Button commemorating the Battle of King's Mountain. The button has a white background with a blue border and features a picture of a monument with black text that reads: "Souvenir / 1780-1912." White text around the outside edge reads: "Battle of...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Frontier Land
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Amusement parks
  • Button promoting Frontier Land. The button has a blue and yellow background featuring an image of two men, one wearing a fur hat and another in American Indian dress. Orange and black text reads: "Frontier/ Land/ Cherokee, North Carolina."...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, State Fair Special
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Fairs; Transportation
  • Button promoting the "State Fair Special," transportation that carried passengers into downtown Raleigh. The button has a gray background and white text reading: "I'm From/ Raleigh/ State Fair/ Special." The center of the button has a horizontal...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Wilmington Ten
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Activists; Political prisoners; Protest movements
  • Button advocating on behalf of the Wilmington Ten. The button has a white background and black text reading, "FREE THE WILMINGTON TEN." The center of the button shows an image of Ben Chavis, one of the Wilmington Ten.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Indians of Alamance
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Sports; Baseball; Mascots
  • Button for the Alamance baseball team. The white button has black graphics designed to look like baseball laces and a red image of an American Indian chief wearing a feather headdress. Black text on the button reads "I'm Boosting The / INDIANS / OF...
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, U.S.S. North Carolina
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Battleships
  • Button promoting the U.S.S. North Carolina and the North Carolina Battleship Association. The button has a white background featuring an image of a ship and stars. Text reads "U.S.S. North Carolina/ BB-55/ Battleship Association"
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Blackwell's Durham Tobacco
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Bulls; Tobacco
  • Promotional button for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco. The button has an off-white background, a red image of a bull, and black text reading "Smoke Blackwell's / Genuine Durham." Dimensions: 22 mm in diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, The Dispatch
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Newspapers
  • Promotional button for "The Dispatch." The button has a white background and black and red text reading "I Read the Dispatch / Lexington, N.C. / A / Newspaper/ That Does / Things / Why Don't You?" Dimensions: 31 mm in diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Randolph County "Keep Roosevelt" Club
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Political campaigns; Politics & government; Presidents
  • Pinback button from the Randolph County "Keep Roosevelt" Club. The button has a white background with blue and red text reading "RANDOLPH / KEEP / ROOSEVELT / CLUB." Text on the reverse reads "ST. LOUIS BUTTON CO / MFRS / ST. LOUIS. MO."
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Free the Wilmington 10
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Civil rights
  • Button supporting the Wilmington 10. Yellow button with brown border, picture of a man, and brown text that reads: "Free the Wilmington 10 / Now!"
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, Duke lacrosse scandal, 2006
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Lacrosse; Scandals
  • Button responding to the Duke lacrosse scandal in March 2006. The button has a white background with two lacrosse sticks crossed in the center and blue and red text reading: "Duke Lacrosse/ Not Guilty." Dimensions: 55 mm diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection
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  • Button, 4th of July, Gastonia, 1912
  • Buttons (Information artifacts); Memorabilia; Holidays
  • Button promoting a 4th of July celebration in Gastonia, North Carolina. The button has an off-white background and blue and red text reading: "Gastonia/ July/ 4th/ 1912/ Is A Busy Town." Dimensions: 32 mm diameter.
  • Lew Powell Collection

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