People Week 1979

People Week 1979 Event Button Museum
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Event
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People Week 1979 button back Event Button Museum
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Text on Button BE A HARD HAT "PEOPLE WEEK" 1979
Image Description

Black text and an illustration of a hard hat on a yellow background
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1979
1970s
Additional Information

The State Street "People Week" is a week long celebration where businesses on State Street in Chicago take part in events and a sidewalk sale. "People Week" started in the 1960s and was celebrated annually through the 1970s and on. It was renamed State Street Days in the 1980s. The event celebrated the businesses and the Chicagoans who frequented them with music, events, magicians, puppet shows, and sponsored booths from around the city.
Sources

Ledermann, R. P. (2011). State Street: One Brick at a Time. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing.
Catalog ID EV0584