button (information artifact)

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Hodges Badge Co.
USA, MA, Cambridge
1970
metal; plastic
overall: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/8 in.

Button pin, from 1970 America's Cup races, metal button, white with green lettering, "FICKER/ WAS QUICKER/ IN HIS/ HELMSMAN/ SLICKER"; refers to Bill Ficker, skipper of defender INTREPID in 1970; printed around edge "HODGES BADGE CO., CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 02138".

1984.20.20