# @mdhistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQQhNXn0dZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/75983950-mdhistory-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e4fd50b84d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-11-06T15:17:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

In case you have not heard, we just held an election in the United States. Buttons, badges, hats, T-shirts, and other political ephemera were on full display in the lead up to the 2020 election. These visual, and often colorful, displays of support for particular candidates are as American as elections themselves. As early as the first presidential inauguration, supporters of George Washington wore “Long Live the President” buttons. We have been wearing political ephemera ever since.

This year, among our many exhibition openings, rebrand, and six-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working on processing and re-housing this type of material to better know our collections and to make these objects accessible through our new Digital Collections Portal.

Among the more than one thousand ribbons, badges, and buttons at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, several hundred are political-related examples from the 1800s-1990s. Through this collection, we are able to show how much—and how little—political ephemera has changed over time.

Read more in our latest library blog post. Find the link in our bio.

Image: Campaign badge for Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, 1888, tin, paper, metal. Maryland Center for History and Culture, 1973.11.304 a

#politicalbuttons #buttoncollection #campaignbuttons #electionseason #presidentialhistory #votingrights

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electionseason, campaignbuttons, buttoncollection, presidentialhistory, politicalbuttons, votingrights

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