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Barack Obama Buttons and Bumper Stickers
Three campaign buttons and two campaign bumper stickers issued during Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008. His campaign was successful and he served two terms.
Love Drumpfs Hate Campaign Button
This was a campaign button distributed among supporters during Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Clinton’s campaign was unsuccessful.
Barack Obama Campaign Hats
These were hats distributed during Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008. His campaign was successful and he has served two terms as President of the United States.
Campaign Pencils for Wilkins and Nickell
Two campaign pencils supporting George T. Wilkins and Vernon L. Nickell for Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction, now known as Illinois State Superintendent. Both campaigns were successful. Vernon L. Nickell served in the position from…
Farcical Campaign Buttons
Three farcical campaign buttons popular during the 1972 presidential campaign. The buttons on the left and right were part of a series of unlicensed buttons using a popular television character named Archie Bunker from the television show “All in…
Presidential Campaign Buttons
Collection of four political campaign buttons for presidential candidates Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Woodrow Wilson, each of the presidential campaigns for these individuals were successful and each served two full terms as president.
Campaign Sign "Commissioner of Streets Ossie Langfelder"
Campaign sign for Ossie Langfelder for Commissioner of Streets. Mr. Langfelder served two terms in this post prior to his election as Mayor of Springfield in 1987. The sign is either from his first campaign for the post in 1978 or his second in 1982.
Richard Nixon Coolness Poster
This is from the 1972 re-election campaign for Richard Nixon for President of the United States. Nixon would later resign because of the Watergate scandle.
Dunham Mayoral Campaign Sign
1983 Jim Dunham Mayoral Campaign Sign, "DUNHAM, Mayor for all Springfield." Brother-in-law to Ossie Langfelder, James Dunham (D) ran for the office of Mayor of Springfield, IL in 1983 but lost in the general municipal election against J. Michael…
Shadow-boxed campaign button collection (various)
Various Presidential and Illinois Gubernatorial campaign buttons dating from the 1940s - 2010 displayed in a large shadowbox