Novelty Pinback Buttons & Wood Bowl

An assortment of large-format novelty pinback buttons from the circa 1960s-1970s era, presented in a turned wooden bowl. The buttons are constructed of lithographed tin and feature slogans and graphics representative of counter-culture pop art. The collection includes multiple examples of several designs: a red and black split-field design reading ARE YOU UPTIGHT? GET DOWNLOOSE!; a yellow sports-themed button reading LET'S HAVE A BALL with graphics of a football, baseball, basketball, and soccer ball; a purple button with yellow daisy motifs reading FLOWER POWER GIVES ME HAYFEVER; an orange button with red and green stylized floral motifs reading FLOWER IS POWER; a pink multilingual button titled LET'S BE FRIENDS featuring translations including AMIGOS, AMIS, AMICI, TOVARITCH, FREUNDS, TOMODACHI, and ??; a black button with yellow text reading Yes We have it! accompanied by a stylized bird graphic; and a yellow button featuring a dense repeating pattern of the word YES. No manufacturer marks are visible on the face of the buttons or the bowl. Bowl diameter: 8 inches Button diameter: 3.5 inches.

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