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Then there are the “pie plates,” as Campbell refers to them. In the heyday of campaign buttons, the diameter typically measured three-quarters of an inch, he says. Now, it’s typical to find 3- or ...
Campaign buttons, helping elect Presidents since 1896! Thursday, July 21, 2016. 1 of 24. Campaign buttons have always been a hot property at conventions.
The most valuable of the more than 6,000 campaign buttons Richard Rector has collected bears a picture of labor leader Eugene V. Debs wearing prison garb, the bars of a jail cell visible behind him.
Campaign buttons and pins are some of those election artifacts that seem to be as old as American elections themselves. "I like Ike" pins from the 1950s have become nothing short of iconic.
Although campaign buttons date to the dawn of the Republic---George Washington supporters wore metal pendants bearing his initials---the pin-back button as you know it dates to the advent of mass ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Eugene Ola was on a street corner hawking some political buttons with phrases like “Believe in America” and featuring photos of a smiling GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney ...
Campaign pins are a reliable indicator of how sharply divided politics have become. This year’s race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump is bringing a new dynamic to the ...
The first pin-on campaign items appeared around 1840. Painted glass set in a brass frame was an inventive way to get out a candidate's message.
The buttons and other campaign memorabilia have been around as long as we've had presidential elections. And despite the growth of high tech and the Internet, the buttons remain popular to this day.
The La Crosse County Historical Society has thousands of buttons — literally thousands. Some of them are from Oktoberfest, others are from local businesses or events, and even more are ...
Sports 2016 NCAA Tournament Campaign Buttons. Show your March Madness passion with these team candidate pins. Find your favorite team, tap and hold to right click and save the pin to your device ...
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