Black text centered on white background with union bug stamped on back. 

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Red text on white background with black and white photo of button press in center.

N.G. SLATER was founded in 1936 by Nathaniel George Slater. They specialized in “Lithographed Metal Advertising Buttons and Tabs” and were home to the very recognizable "happy face" button, of which some 50 million were produced by 1972.

Black text and an illustration of a man (Ted Hake) wearing a blue shirt covered in buttons on an orange background.  

 Ted Hake is the foremost button historian and founder of Hake's Americana. In the illustration on this button he is wearing several buttons referring to items in his catalogs, like Mickey Mouse, Hopalong Cassidy, Goldwater, Charlie Chaplin, etc. This button was made by Pinback Jack who also did a series of famous cartoonists.

Bright green text on blue background with union bug stamp on back.

Underground Uplift Unlimited (UUU) was an ephemera shop in the East Village run by Randy Wicker. They created and sold some of the most worn protest buttons of the 60s. 

Black text on silver background.

Underground Uplift Unlimited (UUU) was an ephemera shop in the East Village run by Randy Wicker. They created and sold some of the most worn protest buttons of the 60s. 

Black text on neon green background.

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Blue text on orange background.

Produced by New York City based button manufacturer Manny Ress of Emress Company, this button was used to promote the use of buttons in the late 1950s. 

Yellow text on red background with union bug stamped on back.

Underground Uplift Unlimited (UUU) was an ephemera shop in the East Village run by Randy Wicker. They created and sold some of the most worn protest buttons of the 1960s.

Black text on yellow background with red keyboard key in center with white text

Peter Preuss founded ISSCO, Integrated Software Systems Corporation, in 1970. It was based in San Diego, California. It grew into one of the world's leading independent developers and suppliers of visual information systems software.

Black text centered on white background.

Busy Beaver Button Co. owner and founder Christen Carter had the idea for this button. It was later sent to a book editor along with a pitch for a book about buttons.