With Malice Toward None
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
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Campaign Buttons from 1860
In 1860, after the invention of the economical tintype process, candidates’ images appeared on campaign buttons for the first time. The buttons shown here display a portrait of Lincoln on one side and an image of vice-presidential candidate Hannibal Hamlin on the reverse.