First Night ’94 pin found in a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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A First Night ’94 pin found in a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The pinback button is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The front is primarily white with purple, pink, orange, and yellow text, and graphics. At the center of the button is a graphic of a purple rectangle framed with a band of yellow and orange alternating triangles. The rectangular frame is overlaid with graphics that include a Mardi Gras style half mask, a pair of hands, and a horn. Purple text printed at the top reads [PORTSMOUTH] and [FiRST / NigHT / 94] at the bottom. The back of the pinback button is silver toned, plain and features a vertically oriented pinback. Printed in small black text along one edge of the button is the text [MR. BUTTON PRODUCTS INC. BOX 68359, INDPLS, IN 46268-0359].

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