The political button business has been booming. A Cox/Roosevelt campaign button from 1920 was auctioned for a six-figure sum this week. By Leah Askarinam and Blake Hounshell Ted Hake has seen his fair ...

Chicago is in the midst of uber-competitive citywide campaigns related to the April 4 runoff. We are being bombarded with mailers, brochures, posters, yard signs, TV and social media ads. Campaign ...

Campaign buttons have been a thing since U.S.Presidents have been a thing. Folks have used them as a way to show candidate support since George Washington's run for president. According to Time ...

There are a lot of weird ways to predict the winner of a presidential election. Some people do it based on candidate height. There's a soothsaying monkey known to make the right pick. There's even ...

The American Political Items Collectors (APIC) is a group of history buffs and fans of the political process who treasure the items of the past. Every year in Northeast Ohio APIC gathers for its "Big ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Scovill Manufacturing Company of ...

Every presidential hopeful, whether Republican, Democrat or independent, launched a campaign for the White House. And win or lose, every campaign left a trail of collectibles. Buffy Gorrilla spent ...

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate, pinned ...