"Pray for Bruce Laingen and the Hostages" button

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Titles "Pray for Bruce Laingen and the Hostages" button
Description "Pray for Bruce Laingen and the Hostages" button. Round pinback button is white with red text. Reads "PRAY / FOR / BRUCE LAINGEN / AND THE / Hostages / We Really Care." Laingen, a native of Odin, Minnesota, was one of 52 United States citizens held in the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1981.
Quantity 1 item
Format Content Category: artifacts
Measurements 2 1/4 inches diameter
1/4 inch depth
Nomenclature button (information artifact)
Materials metal
mylar
Creation Made by: Northern Novelty Company
Made in: Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, United States
Subjects Laingen, L. Bruce
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Badges, Buttons & Medals. Government. Political Movements & Causes
Dates Creation: Not earlier than 1979 - Not later than 1981
Holding Type 3D Objects
Identifiers 2008.107.26 (Accession Number)

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