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Wednesday's
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Student's election cc
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By Murk Gilliam * i
Staff Writer
as me iihju election draws near, many ^
people are getting bumper stickers and am
buttons promoting their favorite can- 1
didates. But one USC student is searching
for presidential campaign buttons from past II
elections. 1 i |
Mike Safran, a junior, has a collection V*|p
that dates back to 1896, the year that
marked the beginning of presidential buttons.
Two of Mike's several hundred buttons
come from the 1896 election ? a William +++++++1
McKinley button and a William Jennings "Thp hnttnr
Bryan button. natmn! they ,
didates' camj
Mike's father got him interested in the Mikcpxnlainor
hobby. "Well, .?iy father gave me two
buttons, and I just thought it would be "I'VE STUD
different to collect buttons," explained I thought abou
Mike. he added. "A
have learned a
Although Mike collects many kinds of what they w
buttons, he specifically looks for the rare thinking a lot
ones that have considerable monetary svstem bv lear
value.
Mike said h
"I'VE PAID MAYBE a dollar or two for from his frienc
some of the buttons and now those buttons presidential bi
are worth between $75 and $100," he said. to me," he said
"But 1 wouldn't trade the buttons my father
gave me for anything. They aren't worth "But I get n
much money, but the fact that they were my and flea marl
first gives them a different kind of value. cheap at flea
One of them was a 1928 'Alfred E. Smith for the people arei
president' button. Smith, by the way, lost to buttons. But, s
Herbert Hoover." two buttons, ai
I buy a dozen o
Granted most people have some kind of
hobby, but why collecting presidential He said pres
buttons? widely colle
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becoming a history major,"
id through my collection I H^jj8[|fc ^Br fM
lot about the candidates and jtg|
re running on. I started .?<
ibout our two-party political
; gets many of his buttons ^
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Dst of them at antique shows '- -x
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narkets because sometimes KHBhH
't aware of the value of these Willi
)metimes I may need one or
d they won't sell them unless Mjkg Safra? with Ms va/uable and in
has buttons dating back to 1896, am
idential buttons are the most by Barbara Thompson)
:ted buttons. The most
i category are jugates, which "I usually have nothing to worry abo
of the presidential candidate though, because the people I normally di
; mate on them. with are pretty reputable," he said.
her antique or collectible, you Mike said the best way for people to st
what your looking for, he a collection like his is to go to campai
ve to be leary ot reproduc- headquarters every four years and get 1
they aren t easy to tell. buttons they give away free.
"In collecting, you branch off into otl
JTIONS ARE poorly made fields of paraphernalia besides buttons,"
tonally stained to make them said
Usually they are made of
tin instead of the original Former President Richard Nixon is one
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teresting political button collection. Mike
d some that are worth $100 each. (Photo
ut, Mike's favorite presidents.
Sell
"I've got a 1960 'Click with Dick' clicker
and some Nixon headquarters posters," he
art said. "I've also got a pair of Spiro Agnew
ign earrings with a matching broach."
the
Besides collecting ouiions irom pasi
ier politicians, Mike is planning his future,
he which he hopes will include the presidency.
Who knows? Maybe one day Mike's
collection will include one of his own butof
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