A guide to political campaign collectibles of the last century includes stories behind the classic buttons, pictures of over 800 items, checklist of all presidential mominees and hopefuls, address of political items dealers and publications.

This project is the result of over forty years of collecting Pennsylvania political items. This is the most complete Texas project ever produced. It includes buttons, postcards, handouts, brochures, posters, and campaign ribbons. The vast majority of these items were used during campaigns or inaugurals.A complete alphabetical listing is included reflecting each candidates' first and last name, party, campaign year, reference number, and in most instances a brief description of the item.

This book covers the history of American Political Campaign memorabilia from George Washington items of 1789 to 2004 election items for George W. Bush and John F. Kerry. It includes over 2000 color photographs of items from every presidential election and many political causes including woman suffrage, prohibition, the Civil Rights movement, and pro and con items from World War II, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.For the political collector it explains where to buy and sell items, how to store a collection and how to tell fake items. It includes a glossary of political collecting terms and an appendix of resources for the collector such as web sites, collector publications and dealer and auctioneer names.For the political buff it includes a list of every person every considered a hopeful candidate for the office of president and a list of the election results for every political party in every election since 1792. It includes background stories on some of the most interesting an unusual political buttons.All types of political items are covered from George Washington mugs and Andrew Jackson clocks, to Dewey buttons and Clinton flyswatters. No political collector should be without this book.

This project is the result of over forty-five years of collecting Massachusetts items. This is the most complete Massachusetts project ever produced. It includes buttons, postcards, handouts, brochures, posters, blotters, campaign booklets, bumper stickers, etc. The vast majority of these items were used during campaigns or inaugurals. A complete alphabetical listing is included reflecting each candidates' first and last name, party, campaign year, reference number and in most instances a brief description of the item.

Texas politicians are a lively, sometimes controversial, always entertaining breed, and the ways they have chosen to put themselves and their messages before the public are equally as interesting. Anything and everything that can be printed with a candidate's name, image, and slogan—from buttons and bumper stickers to chewing gum, pocket knives, and plastic pickles—is likely to turn up in a Texas political campaign. Though many consider these items ephemeral, collectors value political memorabilia as a fascinating "sound bite" record of the candidates and issues that engaged the voting public over decades. Texas Political Memorabilia presents just such a pictorial history of Texas politics, the first ever compiled. Drawn from the vast personal collection of Chuck Bailey and augmented with items from other private and public collections, this book presents the most exceptional, most memorable, and most informative examples of Texas political memorabilia. The featured items cover everything from the presidential campaigns of Lyndon Johnson and both George Bushes, to U.S. House and Senate elections, to statewide races for governor and the Texas House and Senate, to county and city elections. All the major figures of twentieth-century Texas politics—as well as Sam Houston and Davy Crockett—are represented in the book. To set the images in context, Chuck Bailey and Bill Crawford provide background on the candidates, races, and issues that inspired many of the pieces pictured in the book. From LBJ's Stetson-shaped ashtrays to Jake Pickle's plastic squeaker pickles to George W. Bush's "W" buttons, Texas Political Memorabilia is a treasure trove of the nuts and bolts and buttons of Texas politics.

Wright presents a richly illustrated history of American presidential elections told through campaign memorabilia. Based on the authors extraordinary personal collection, these objects--from posters and paper dresses to ice cream bars and buttons--form a fascinating record of the past.