Mental Floss

The World's Only Pinback Button Museum Lives in Chicago

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 ...
insider.si.edu

Pinback button endorsing Shirley Chisholm for President

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Pinback Button, "Children’s March for Survival"

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Seattle Times

Preserving and showcasing buttons as historical signposts

CHICAGO — 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. ...
The Hill

‘Holy grail’ political button sets auction record, selling for $185K

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 ...