Long before tweets, the best way to deliver a pithy punch line was to say it with a button. “We Want Beer,” demands a Prohibition-era button. “Can the Can’t,” commands one from World War I. “Ask Me ...

A pinback button from Mae's Millinery Shop featuring a postage stamp with a portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. The stamp is a portrait of Bethune, with her name printed in black above her head. It is ...

"Button Button, who's got the button?" Today, it's the collector. The hobby is widespread among artisans, fashion designers, crafts people and especially antique button buffs. Button collecting first ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Christen Carter of the Busy Beaver Button Co ...

Do you like buttons? Really, really like buttons? The vintage pinback type that can be affixed to clothing and broadcast your endorsement of political candidates, slogans, or ALF? Then you should ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This round pinback button promoted ...

A teeny, tiny campaign button is proving size doesn’t matter when it comes to fetching record-high prices for political memorabilia. A one-and-a-quarter-inch button featuring the sepia-toned portraits ...

During its nearly 21 years in business, Busy Beaver Button Co. in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood estimates it has made 37 million pinback buttons with about 90,000 different designs. Now founder ...

Q: I was given a really old political button by an uncle back in the 1970s when I was a kid. He told me it was rare and valuable. It is from the campaign of William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan ...