Title (generic)
Button, Campaign
This a collection of twenty-two (22) campaign buttons from a variety of Massachusetts and national political campaigns from the second half of the 20th century with the exception of one button dated 1940.. The buttons represent both major political parties, the Democratic and the Republican parties.
The following is a list of the campaigns contained in this collection:
Large button,1980 , with photos of Ronald Reagan and George Walker Bush
Large button with photos of Ronald Reagan and Kemp
Large button with photo of Lt. Col Oliver North and it reads : AN AMERICAN HERO
LT.COL.OLIVER NORTH
Large button with photo of Edward Kennedy and it reads : KENNEDY A LEGACY OF
EXCELLENCE
Medium button in red, white, blue and green that reads: BUSH - KEMP.
Medium button in red, white and blue that reads : PARDON OLLIE NOW !. ( Reference to Lt.Col
Oliver North)
Medium button in red, white and blue that reads : VIVA BUSH '92.
Medium button in black, red, white and blue that reads : BUSH - NORTH ( Referring to George
Walker Bush and Oliver North.
Medium button in blue and white that reads : PEOPLE FOR PEROT.
Medium buttons ( 2) in blue and white that read : SHERIFF REARDON.
Medium button in blue and white that reads : MIKE KENNEDY. This has a note attached that
reads: "Ran against Pat McGovern."
Medium button in brown and white that reads : KENNEDY IN 1980.
Medium button in blue and white that reads : GREATER BOSTON STUDENTS - FOR KENNEDY
'80.
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : KEEP VOLPE.
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : LODGE U.S.SENATOR.
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : WIN WITH WILLKIE - 1940.
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : GO WITH GOLDWATER AND MILLER IN '64..
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : GOLDWATER MILLER.
Small button in red, white and blue that reads : HUMPHREY - MUSKIE.
Rectangular button in red, white and blue with photos of Lyndon Baines Johnson and Hubert H.
Humphrey and it reads : JOHNSON - HUMPHREY VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
Small button in red and white that reads : SALTY IN SIXTY.
used: Political campaigns at local, state and antional levels.
Date (coverage)
1940 - 1980