Brand: Various manufacturers.
Item: Vintage Ted Kennedy political campaign pinback button lot featuring multiple designs and slogans.
Type: Mixed group of round metal pinback buttons and celluloid-covered badges in assorted sizes.
Design: Fronts show photographic portraits, caricatures, and bold graphic typography promoting Ted Kennedy in different campaigns.
Text: Slogans include KENNEDY IN '80 FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, AMERICA NEEDS TED KENNEDY DEMOCRAT 1980, WE CAN'T WAIT KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT 1980, SUPPORT THE NEXT PRESIDENT TED, DRAFT TED, and related wording.
Text: Additional pieces reference EMK 1972, KENNEDY '84, PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK KENNEDY 1992, OHIO WANTS KENNEDY IN '80, MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS FOR A CHANGE IN '80, and other Democratic Party messages.
Backs: Standard metal pinback and clasp hardware, with one oversized button mounted to a round chipboard-style backing with hanging holes.
Quantity: Lot of 52 buttons as shown.
Color: Multicolor assortment with red, white, blue, green, black, silver, and gold campaign graphics.
Materials: Metal pinback buttons with printed paper or fabric under clear celluloid fronts and metal pin mechanisms.
Country of origin: United States political campaign memorabilia.
Theme: Democratic Party Ted Kennedy campaign collectible lot spanning several election cycles.
Condition: Vintage campaign buttons show overall handling and age wear with surface scuffing, scratches, and small marks across many faces, plus occasional small spots or discoloration in the printed graphics. A few buttons display fine surface cracking or crazing to the celluloid coating as seen in close-ups. Metal backs and pin hardware have scattered tarnish, oxidation, and darkened areas, while pin mechanisms remain intact and functional. Mixed lot stored loose with no original packaging.