Pinback button of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, 1978
Original photo of an item in the Tim Davenport collection, taken by me for Wikipedia.
No copyright on the button design.
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Pinback button of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, 1978 Original photo of an item in the Tim Davenport collection, taken by me for Wikipedia. No copyright on the button design.