Promotional pins and buttons are some of the most popular political schwag. Since they are relatively inexpensive to produce and can be worn daily on any item of clothing or bag, campaigns have used clever and humorous buttons to promote their candidates since the nineteenth century. Here are a couple of my favorite campaign [...]

Posted on November 11th, 2008 by PoliticalSchwagCollector
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Here’s a milk pitcher with the face of former President William Henry Harrison, perhaps best known for two things. First, his time as the president is the shortest to date (31 days) and second, his campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” Harrison is generally regarded as the person responsible for active campaigning. [...]

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by PoliticalSchwagCollector
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