Badge - Support your Howandwhyosaurus
Object
Badge
Production date
c.1975-1979
Object number
2024.76
Physical Description
Yellow circular badge with the illustration of a green smiling dinosaur. The text reads 'Support your Howandwhyosaurus'.
Object history
This badge was owned by Hackney teacher and councillor Peter Kahn, who may have acquired it through the Hackney Playbus or the Hackney Unders 5s campaign. Howie the Howandwhyosaurus was a promotional mascot for the How and Why series of books by Transworld in the late 1970s. The 6ft tall green and yellow dinosaur that would meet children at events.
Associated Person
Peter Kahn (Owner)
Material
Metal
Plastic
Dimension
Diameter (Front): 5.5cm
On display?
No
Inscription
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