Campaign are used in elections as political advertising to express views for or against a candidate, political party or set of issues.
Political buttons date as far back as George Washington and have taken many forms as the technology to create an image and mass production has allowed.
For instance, in the late 18th and first half of the 19th century they were real buttons sewn onto coats, whereas the modern forms typically have pins on the back and are therefore also called pinbacks.
The first photographic image on pins dates to 1860 when Abraham Lincoln used the tintype or ferrotype photo process.
The first mass production of metal buttons dates to the 1896 William McKinley campaign for president with "celluloid" buttons with one side of a metal disk covered with paper and protected by a layer of clear plastic.
Since 1916, buttons have generally been produced by lithographying the image directly onto the metal disk.
Vintage Politica lPinback Grouping Wedell Willkie
$19.99 (0 Bids) Time Left: 39m |
| '88 REPUBLICAN PIN SCB (SOUTH CENTRAL BELL) SEALED
$9.99 (0 Bids) Time Left: 1h 16m |
| : 1995 Republican National Committee Lapel Pin On Card
$3.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 1h 34m |
| JOE McCARTHY, Wisconsin
$15.50 (4 Bids) Time Left: 2h 31m |
| McCain Palin '08 hat pin and 'Country First' button
$2.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 2h 37m |
| REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS CANDIDATES HOPEFULS (20)
$6.01 (2 Bids) Time Left: 2h 39m |
| 5 VINTAGE GOLD GOP CLEAN SWEEP BROOM PINS ODD POLITICAL
$110.00 
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| 1972 GOP Nat'l Convention Nixon Pendants & Tie Clasp
$21.59 (4 Bids) Time Left: 3h 32m |
| Vintage Political Pin - Republican Party UAW AFL-CIO
$0.99 (0 Bids) Time Left: 4h 12m |
| Delightful Patiotic Elephant Brooch & Top Hat Pendant
$6.99 (0 Bids) Time Left: 5h 12m |
| Vint Political Republican IN State Delegat Ribon Pin 68
$6.95 (0 Bids) Time Left: 5h 29m |
| Vint Political Republican IN State Delegat Ribon Pin 62
$7.01 (3 Bids) Time Left: 5h 29m |
| MCCAIN PALIN '08 JUGATE 3 INCH WOW POLITICAL PIN BUTTON
$0.65 (0 Bids) Time Left: 5h 53m |
| MCCAIN PALIN '08 JUGATE PATRIOTIC POLITICAL PIN BUTTON
$0.25 (0 Bids) Time Left: 5h 56m |
| RISQUE VP SARAH PALIN COOLEST STATE ALASKA IDAHO BUTTON
$4.99
Time Left: 6h 53m |
| JOHN MCCAIN POLITICAL BUTTON PINBACK PIN BADGE PALIN
$0.08 (0 Bids) Time Left: 7h 4m |
| 1960 Nixon-Lodge Pin 3.5" Diameter 'Experience Counts'
$12.95 (0 Bids) Time Left: 15h 25m |
| Republincan GOP Pinback Proud Member Angry Mob & I Vote
$3.00
Time Left: 21h 33m |
| Republican GOP Bumper Sticker "Support Freedom 2010"
$3.00
Time Left: 21h 33m |
| Republican GOP Bumper Sticker "Stop the Madness"
$3.00
Time Left: 21h 33m |
