MEGA COLLECTION OF U.S. POLITICAL BUTTONS-CITY & STATE BUTTONS-OVER SIX DECADES

Description

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DISPLAYED IN 9 NEW 16" x 12" RIKER SHOW CASES
ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN, JOHNSON, KENNEDY, NIXON, CARTER, & MORE
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ALL 9 THE RIKER SHOW CASES (16" X 12") ARE NEW. I BOUGHT THEM IN ORDER TO
PROCESS THIS COLLECTION
HUGE LOT OF U.S. POLITICAL BUTTONS-CITY & STATE BUTTONS-CENTENNIAL & SESQUICENTENNIAL
LOOKS LIKE IT SPANS OVER SIX DECADES
THERE ARE SOME THAT FEATURE
THE REFLECTIVE LOOK
THE FIRST 6 PHOTOS ARE MARKED
"GOOD" MEANING THEY ARE AUTHENTIC.
I DID THIS AS I WAS WORKING / SORTING THE COLLECTION.
PHOTO 7 ARE AUTHENTIC CELEBRATING SESQUICENTENNIAL AND CENNTENNIAL OF TOWNS / CITY'S
PART OF PHOTO 8 & 9 (IGNORE THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL AND CENNTENNIAL THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PHOTO 7)  AND PHOTO 10 & 11 ARE REPRINTS. BACK IN 1972 THERE WAS A BIG PROMOTION OF BUTTON COLLECTING FROM MANUFACTURES. MAJORITY OF THESE ARE FROM KLEENEX AND THE LAST TWO PHOTOS ARE ART FAIR. BELOW IS SOME INFORMATION I FOUND.
The Reproductions
The majority of reproduced political buttons were never originally sold or represented as old. Most were used to promote various companies and products during presidential election years. Below is a list of original sources and production dates for the most commonly seen buttons.
United States Boraxo Company
This set of new buttons was issued in 1972 to mark the company's 100th anniversary. (Figs. 1-2). The buttons were used as a product promotion with a mail order coupon offer. Two sets were available--one set of 19 presidential candidates who won and another set of 25 buttons with the 19 presidents and six famous presidential "losers." The sets were priced at and .50 with various Boraxo product box tops and labels. Buttons range in size from 7/8 to 1 1/ 4" in diameter with the word "Reproduction" printed on the bottom curl, or edge.
American Oil Company
The American Oil Company (AMOCO) also promoted a set of buttons in 1972 (Figs. 4-5). The AMOCO set included 38 lithographed buttons from 1 3/16" to 1" in diameter. Each button was originally marked "A-O-1972-X" (X being the number 1 through 38) on the bottom curl. This string of numbers is somewhat confusing and is frequently not understood to be a date.
Art Fair/Art Forum
This mail order firm has produced a variety of buttons relatively easy to detect. Of their 2" celluloid styled buttons in Fig. 6 for example, only the Taft and Roosevelt might cause a problem. Why? Because all the other pins depict campaigns from before 1896, the year celluloid styled buttons were introduced.
Liberty Mint
In 1972, the Liberty Mint issued a set of 41 celluloid-styled buttons picturing candidates from 1896 through 1972. Each button is 7/8" dia. and originally marked "1972 The Liberty Mint" on the edge. Buttons from this set can be difficult to detect because the printing on the edge does not show clearly. An exact lithographed version of the Liberty Mint set was also available. The backs of the lithographed buttons (see Figs. 7a & 7b) are marked "1976 Reproduction."
Kimberly Clark
(Kleenex Paper Products) A set of 35 lithographed buttons issued in 1968 is marked "Kleenex Tissues 68" on the edge. These Buttons range from 7/8" to 2 1/4" (Fig. 9).
Crackerbarrel
In 1972, Crackerbarrel, a mail order firm, issued a set of 40 different lithographed buttons picturing candidates from 1896 through 1972. This set contains the same buttons as the Kimberly-Clark set described earlier but with five additional pieces including two from the 1972 campaign. Buttons from this set were originally marked on the back of each button with the words "Crackerbarrel/Farmingdale NY 11735" (see Fig. 8).
Proctor & Gamble
A set of 38 celluloid buttons was distributed in 1976 as a promotion for Bold detergent. Each button has an outer rim of red, white and blue stripes and is marked "Reproduction by S & B Co. 1976" on the lower curl. Pins range from 1 3/4 to 3" in diameter. The colors and images are of particularly poor quality.
General
A set of 13 lithographed buttons in various size pictures candidates from the 1916 through 1952 campaigns. Each button is marked "Japan" on the lower edge.
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