Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Octoberfest Button |
Object Name |
Button, Souvenir |
Description |
Oktoberfest Button, 1964. Circular metal and plastic button from the 1964 Sepulveda, California Oktoberfest. Button has a pink border and yellow circle in the center. Over this yellow circle is a drawing of a mustached man wearing a blue hat, blue lederhosen, pink socks, and black shoes, and carrying a sausage sandwich and stein of beer. He leans forward and toward the viewer. |
Date |
October 1964 |
Catalog Number |
2017.008.043.29 |
Dimensions |
H-2.25 W-2.25 D-0.25 inches |
Collection |
3D - Documentary Objects |
Inscription Text |
"OKTOBERFEST" (black, top of circle); "OCT. / 15 / 16 / 17" (white, left); "1 / 9 / 6 / 4" (white, right); "SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA" (white, bottom) |
Provenance |
Items related to JoAnn Semones early interests. |
Notes |
JoAnn Semones attended the 1964 Sepulveda, CA Oktoberfest; she and her mother also participated in a beauty pageant, for which she received a participation trophy. (see 2017.008.043.39) |
Search Terms |
Commemorative Festivals Semones, JoAnn Souvenir |
Subjects |
Buttons (Information artifacts) Commemoration Festivals Souvenirs |
People |
Semones, JoAnn |
Credit line |
JoAnn Semones - Julia Barrow Collection |