Christen and Joel tell TIME that the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s came through in campaign buttons as well. In 1972 when George McGovern challenged Richard (“Dick”) Nixon for the ...

The campaign poster is typically more science ... Joe McCarthy) and 1972 candidate George McGovern inspired countless famous and not-so-famous artists to churn out a visual feast of bold and ...

It was 1972, and George McGovern’s presidential campaign was coming through Minnesota ... depending on the height of the speaker, by pushing buttons off stage. Convention manager Mike Berman ...

The main attraction being the campaign buttons ... find any pieces featuring her favorite presidential hopeful, George McGovern. But she was also over the moon to get a chance to meet Ted Hake ...

That turned out to be George McGovern's biggest mistake ... That phrase, "finger on the button" began to dog the McGovern campaign once the revelations about Eagleton's mental health became ...

Passing out campaign literature, bumper stickers and buttons, we were amazed at how ... She hugged me and left. As we know, George McGovern lost that election. Richard Nixon won by a landslide.

Rector began collecting campaign buttons and other political memorabilia in 1972 when he was in his hometown of Washington, D.C., campaigning for George McGovern for president. “I started ...

The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate, pinned a campaign button on ... when she voted for George McGovern. She said she hopes students at Rice can find inspiration in Desey's collection.

George McGovern, whose 1972 campaign for president ... Old-timers sporting quarter-sized “McGovern” campaign buttons paused for group photos. Another man wore a button declaring: “I Want ...

The first two puzzle winners got Richard Nixon campaign buttons. Because we're a fair and balanced blog, the next winner got a George McGovern campaign button. Now comes the fourth puzzle.

From a purely aesthetic standpoint, his favorite comes from Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign. He voted for George McGovern that year, he said, but he likes the button for its stark typeface and its ...