Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
May Day badge promoting socialism to end poverty. Badge made by Patrick Bros. Melbourne. Part of collection of badges collected by Jim Cooper, a veteran member of the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW Branch) and Union and political activist before his death in 1984. His daughter passed the badges on to Alf Zeeno, ex-secretary of the BWIU, with a request that they be donated to the museum.
Physical Description
Circular button, red background with black horizontal printing. Welded pin on back.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Alfred Zeeno, 14 Aug 1990
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Inscriptions
Printed front: SOCIALISM/ ends/Poverty & Capitalist/CRISIS/MAY DAY/1985. Stamped reverse: PATRICK BROS MELBOURNE.
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Overall Dimensions
44 mm (Height)
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Keywords
May Day, Political Protests, Poverty, Socialism, Capitalism, Political Ideologies, Badges
