Keywords: Political buttons
Item 11794
McGovern-Eagleton presidential campaign button, 1972
Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1972 Media: Metal, campaign button
Item 108784
Purr-Sist button, Bethel, 2017
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Bethel Media: Metal, plastic
Exhibit
Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Site Page
"… of artifacts – pottery, fishhooks, dishes, buttons, medicine bottles, nails and so much more."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4
"We button the edges of 2 togather and throw them over A pole supported by 2 cruches and then pin another piece up to the end and A tent is made for 3…"
Story
Creating the Purr-Sist button
by Ellen Crocker
Motivated by the Women's March and Sen. Warren, I created these buttons
