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Button, Hillsboro, Wisconsin, USA, 1990
Button
Button, Hillsboro, Wisconsin, USA, 1990
Button, Hillsboro, Wisconsin, USA, 1990
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Button

Object number2020.079.0013
Date1990
Mediummetal
DimensionsOther: 2.25 in. (5.7 cm)
OriginHillsboro, Wisconsin, USA
DescriptionA white, circular button covered with draw images and lettering celebrating a Czech king. The king, wearing colorful robes, appears in its center with a small rendition of a castle to the right. There are pink flowers above and below the castle. A banner across the top of the button reads, "ČESKÝ DEN". The banner across its bottom, "KRÁL KAREL IV", and the one running down the button's right side reads, "June 9, 1990". The wording within a cloud on the button's left side reads, "In the 1300s, King Karel of Bohemia completely rebuilt the whole city of Beautiful Praha ~ a city of 100 Spires a Fairy-tale in Stone.".
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