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Vintage Tab-Style Pin Back Button from the 1960 USA Presidential Campaign - KENNEDY
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Tab-style buttons like this were all the rage when John F Kennedy was running for the office of the President of the United States. These little unused buttons were passed out as freebies for Kennedy supporters during the campaign.
Made of metal (probably steel), it has been coated in white and then emblazoned with the name KENNEDY in dark blue. The pin measures 1 inch wide and about 7/8 inch high when unused. To wear the pin, fold the metal at the top of the name piece and press the back tab into the back of your lapel. There's a little bit of a sharp point to make it catch on the fabric.
These are unused stock that has been stored since the election back in 1960. What a treasure for the collector.
Made In USA
30June2010
Price: $5.79 each
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Pinback Button Set - Fiesta Crows
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How festive and happy these two crows are! One is flying and playing maracas - quite a feat! The other is just chillin' in his fancy sombrero.
Our badges, or button pins, measure 1-1/4 inch in diameter. These designs is ©SilverCrow Creations, 2010. All rights Reserved.
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15May2010
Price: $2.75 Per Set
Pinback Button - Has anyone Seen My Identity?
Life has its yin and yang and so do we. This fun pinback button reads:
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY IDENTITY?
Just when you think all is well, it's not. Or, maybe you really want to lose your identity - at least for a while it might be fun to fade into the wallpaper and just enjoy watching life go by. This pin says all of that!
Pinback buttons are perfect for casual garb and for collectors of buttons. They're great for adoring gift packages, too! Just pin it on to the middle of bow and voilà - a very special package.
We created this cute button exclusively for SilverCrow Creations and make it right here in our atelier.
Our badge, or button pin, measures 1-1/4 inch in diameter. This design is ©SilverCrow Creations, 2010. All rights Reserved.
2April2010
Price: $1.50 each
Pinback Button - Ain't Life Greyt?
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Greyhound lovers will love this button, too. With a wonderful silhouette of a needle-nosed runner in mid stride, it reads:
AIN'T LIFE GREYT ?
Kiss Me - I'm Not Irish Pinback Button
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Why don't we get kissed on St. Patrick's Day!?! - Because we're not Irish.
Now we have our own voice in this clever pinback button - it reads:
KISS ME I'm NOT IRISH
We hope it works for you (and us)!
Pinback buttons are perfect for casual garb and for collectors of buttons. They're great for adoring gift packages, too! Just pin it on to the middle of bow and voilà - a gorgeous package.
23February2010
Vintage Lapel Pin - I'm Helping Smokey Bear Prevent Forest Fires
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Smokey Bear has long been popular as the only bear who prevents forest fires. His message rings loud and clear throughout North America.
This great little fold-over metal pin features the bear himself in yellow brown and red. It was made by the Green Duck Company in Chicago, Illinois in the 1950s. This is unused old store stock but some of the pins show a touch of wear due to handling and the original packaging with them all touching.
The entire pin measures 2 inches high by 1 inch wide. When you fold the tab down in the back, it hooks into the fabric of your lapel (or other clothing) and the resulting image that is shown measures 1 inch wide by 1-3/8 inch long.
23January2010
Vintage Item - Limited Availability
Price: $3.50 each
Pretty Victorian Christmas Girl Pin Back Button
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What a lovely young lady adorned in holly and ready for the holidays. This sweet Victorian girl button pin is subtle yet still Christmas-y with her holly hair bow and parchment background.
The pin button is small - just 1-1/4 inch in diameter and will look lovely pinned on your winter coat lapel - or add it to the center of a bow atop a gift package for a little extra!
21November2009
Stylized anatomical Heart Pinback Button
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Just perfect for your loved one who works in the medical field - what a wonderful way to wish someone Happy Valentine's Day!
Better than an anatomically correct heart, this neat pin features a pseudo-anatomical heart with a recognizable heart, too.
Each pin measures 1-1/4 inch in diameter.
11January2010
Festive Calaca Maraca Pin Back Button
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We love these wonderful pin-back buttons - they are so much fun to add to the top of a gift - just pin it to the bow - or use it instead of a bow! They're also lots of fun just to give away.
Our little skeleton is playing the maracas and making mounds of musical rhythm! He measures a scant 1-1/4 inch in diameter and will make you smile just about anytime - but especially for the Days of the Dead.
Christmas Crow Pinback Button
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Celebrate Christmas time with our lovely crow all decked out with holly! This little button measures 1-1/4 inch in diameter and would spruce up a gift, a jacket, a sweater and more! What a perfect little extra holiday goodie for corvid lovers everywhere!
15November2009
Lovely Crow on a Branch Pinback Button
This little button (1-1/4 inch in diameter) is perfect for lovers of blackbirds everywhere!
02November2009
Dancing Calavera Pin Back Button
Dancing like there's no tomorrow, our little calavera is celebrating - either Hallowe'en or the Days of the Dead. He measures a scant 1-1/4 inch in diameter and will make you smile just about anytime!
I Don't Know How... Pinback Button
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This one reads:
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT OVER THE HILL WITHOUT GETTING TO THE TOP
This little button (1-1/4 inch) is great fun for retirement, an over-the-hill party, or just because.
22October2009
Edgar Allan Poe Pinback Button
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For spooky inspiration anytime, you might just love to wear this charming portrait of the master of suspense, Edgar Allan Poe. Perhaps his spirit will bring you inspiration to write your own chiller.
This little button measures 1-1/4 inch in diameter and pins on easily
17October2009
Alice and her Crown Pinback Button
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For all those Alice in Wonderland fans and for princesses everywhere, this is just the perfect button!
15October2009
Self Esteem Pinback Button: No One Can Make You Feel Inferior...
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Eleanor Roosevelt made a name for herself even when her husband was president. Not only was she an active First Lady during FDR's tenure as president, she was also a courageous woman who followed her ideals.
How universal this message:
"NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
This little button (1-1/4) will let you shout the same message when you wear it.
09October2009
How Did All These People Get Younger Than Me? Pinback Button
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We're not sure how it happened. But it did. I remember when President Kennedy was running for office. My Dad was amazed that someone as young as he was (they were both born in 1917) could be president! Wow! Now the President of the United States is younger than I am! How did that happen!?
This cool little purple and purpler button helps you question such happenings and lets everyone else know what you're thinking, even if the English isn't perfect:
HOW DID ALL THESE PEOPLE GET YOUNGER THAN ME?
This little button (1-1/4 inch) will quietly help you spread your concerns!
07October2009
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Vintage Square John Lennon Pinback Button
Created as a memorial to John Lennon in 1980, this pin is old store stock - never used. They were originally distributed by Ludlow Sales company of New York City immediately after John Lennon's death. These were quite popular at the time as it was such an untimely and emotional loss - almost like the end of an era. They were distributed only through early 1981 and the rest were stored.
This batch of pins is from an original case that had never been opened. They are in great condition, although a few show a tiny bit of rust on the back. The fronts are in superb condition. Each button measures just about 2-inches square. Above John's picture, it reads:
JOHN LENNON 1940-1980
John Lennon fans and Beatles fans will love this pin. But, we think many who weren't fans will appreciate the significance of the times that this pin represents.
05October2009
Pinback Button Featuring a Profile of Jesus
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Frida Kahlo has become an icon for artistic women of the Americas. We created our own image of Frida and altered the colors, visage and more digitally to capture what Frida represents to us. At once cheerfully bright in color and morose and dark in mood, this little badge or button is our alone!
While we offer many medals, statues and charms featuring Frida, we are quite taken with this pinback button. It is perfect for casual garb and for collectors of buttons. We created this exclusively for SilverCrow Creations and make it right here in our atelier.
Our badge, or button pin, measures 1-1/4 inch in diameter.
16August2009
You are Here Pinback Button
Now how could you be here if I am - and I am wearing the button. Well are you?
This little button (1-1/4) inch in diameter teases us about our location - as on the safety maps in public buildings throughout the USA.
Of course, it could also mean that you are in the wearer's thoughts. Or, why not make up your own meaning...that would probably be even more fun!
6August2009
Pinback Button Featuring Catrina's Close-up
Known as the First Lady of the Cemetery, Catrina was originally created by Posada, the famous Mexican illustrator. She was conceived, along with Catrin, the Baron of the Cemetery, as a representation of the Days of the Dead.
We are quite taken with this pleasant calavera Muerta and have tinted a close-up of her comely countenance for a pin-back button for casual wear.
27July2009
Altered Image Frida Kahlo Pinback Button
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Close-up Pinback Button
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As the Patron Saint of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe has come to represent so much more than other manifestations of the Blessed Mother or Virgin Mary. The distinctive glow of sun rays from her being make her image recognizable almost immediately.
While we offer many medals, statues and charms featuring Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe, we are quite taken with this pinback button. It is perfect for casual garb and for collectors of buttons. We created this exclusively for SilverCrow Creations and make it right here in our atelier.
22July2009
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Rockabilly Bowling Pin Pin
For the bowler in your life - the perfect addition to a lapel or a pink fuzzy sweater - SilverCrow's Bowling Pin Pin! Cute and kitschy, show your sport support buy wearing one of these fun pins!
An actual photograph is encapsulated in a washable, dry-cleanable, non-yellowing and non-scratch resin - creating a glowing almost 3-D effect.
Price: $2.75 each
Doing Strange Things Button Pin
Luckily we have Art to name sot that we can do strange things! We love this button - what fun!
Our little pin button measures about 1 inch in diameter.
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8September2008
Make Art Not War Button Pin
In these days of political talk and promises, and days of compromise and strife, let us remember that our art can always soothe the soul, make issue of things when necessary, point out hopes and fears and cross boundaries that words cannot.
When given the choice, we don't know many who would choose the latter. This is not a statement against anyone, but rather for ART!
28August2008
Jesus is Coming Button Pin
With a picture of Jesus knocking on a door and carrying his shepherd's staff, this clever button pin is at once funny and meaningful. Perfect for skeptics as well as believers, it measures about 1 inch in diameter.
JESUS IS COMING LOOK BUSY
Yin-Yang Button Pin
The Yin Yang is a well known Taoist symbol, representing the balance of opposites in the universe. Without opposites, there is chaos and confusion. When opposites are equally present, there is clam.
There are many traditions regarding the exact definition, however, the philosophical vision without words, is most common - the design of the symbol itself implies calm.
Some traditions see one side as soft, the other hard - even opposites exist here. As some say the yin is soft and others say it is the yang. It has come to represent so many opposites, it almost does not matter which is which.
since nothing in nature is purely one way or purely the other, the symbol includes a small black spot in the white swirl, and a white spot in the black swirl. Yin-Yang is thought by the Taoists to be upset when humans intervene in nature and disrupt the balance.
Our pinback button measures about 1 inch in diameter.
3April2007
MOTHER Tattoo Pin
Great for a new mother - either to wear or for an extra something pinned to a ribbon on a gift, our Mother Tattoo Pin is a step beyond the typical pin back buttons! Of course, it is perfect for` any mother, not just new ones. The pin measures 30mm (about 1-1/4 inches) in diameter.
This True Love tattoo-style pin is set in a bezel of white metal plated with antiqued sterling silver plate. An actual photograph is encapsulated in a washable, dry-cleanable, non-yellowing and non-scratch resin - creating a glowing almost 3-D effect.
12February2007
Price: $7.25 each
Peace Button Pin
The message is the same today as it was when the symbol was introduced: PEACE. However, it was originally designed to mean Nuclear Disarmament in England by Gerald Holtom. A conscientious objector himself, he was commissioned to design a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Britain. The symbol encompasses in a circle the semaphoric representations of N (two flags down on either side - almost as if in despair) and D (one flag upright the other straight down). No matter the origin, it is one of the most widely recognized symbols in the world today.
18February2007
Take Me to Paris Button Pin
Wear this and maybe, just maybe, someone will do your bidding! Remember to always keep your passport in your briefcase, pocket or purse - so you'll be ready to go! Our button pin measures about 1 inch in diameter.
22April06
Never Apologize for Your Art Button Pin
This good advice should be followed by fine artists, photographers, artisans and finger painters alike. You needn't explain anything about your art - and, certainly, you should never apologize for it! Our little pin button measures about 1 inch in diameter.
30December2006
Bad Kitty Button Pin
Safety-pin in ear, this bad kitty is a friend of Emily the Strange. With pierced ear ready, this little fellow seems as though he just might need all nine of those lives! Our button pin measures about 1 inch in diameter.
Reality Button Pin
It is often said that perception is the only reality. That confirms the reality of this little 1-inch diameter button pin! Wear this message proudly, even as you (day)dream:
Reality is the only obstacle to happiness
True Love Tattoo Pin
Our super Tattoo True Love Pin confirms that cupid has carefully poised his bow and captured two hearts at once forever. The pin measures 30mm in diameter.
9June2006
Your 15 Minutes are Up Pinback Button
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Quoted at least as often as anyone, Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes of Fame quotation has become part of the American psyche. This 1-1/4 inch diameter pin-back button warns that maybe your maximal fame will only be that 15 minutes!
With the sentiment:
Your 15 Minutes are Up
you're sure to develop your own following!
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Bad Girl Button Pin
Emily the Strange centers this provocative pinback. Surrounded by roses that somehow combine beauty with an evil quality, Emily's banner quotes the sentiment:
BAD GIRL - GONE WORSE
Only you and she know what this means!
Death's Mask Skull Pin
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Measuring about 1 inch in diameter, this scary boy can decorate your lapel, cap, messenger bag, or grim reaper costume. Always appropriate for Hallowe'en or Day of the Dead, you might even use it as the face of a scary doll!
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Vintage Collectible European Advertising Hat or Lapel Pin
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These pins are mostly quite old from the 1960s through 1980s. A few are newer. They are made from metal, plastic or celluloid and represent many European companies. We've anchored each one on a vintage card for safety - these are sharp!
Each of these were giveaways back then and are hard to come by today. We've seen some of these sell for upwards of $9.00 each on eBay! They measure anywhere between 1/4 and 1 inch and are all shapes, colors and sizes.
The selection is random, so please let us choose one for you.
Not for children.
Imported
Price: $1.85 each
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