EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - As speakers deliver their messages at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Paul Bengston’s eyes are drawn elsewhere on his TV screen. “That’s all I’m looking at,” ...

The name Alton B. Parker is probably unknown to most of the voters who will cast their ballots for president Nov. 8, but in 1904, he was as famous as either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Parker, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laurel Durso, president of the Connecticut State Button Society, has a 20,000 button collection spread out across her home. Her ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — From stamps to baseball cards and even coins, many of us had collections when we were growing up. While those collections may have been important to the individual who has ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - As speakers deliver their messages at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Paul Bengston’s eyes are drawn elsewhere on his TV screen. “That’s all I’m looking at,” ...

Alan Rosenzweig started collecting buttons 50 years ago when he was just 12 years old as a competition with his friend Bobby. Bobby got out to the early lead with 70 buttons to Rosenzweig’s 50, but ...

Q This collection of political campaign buttons has been in my family forever, but I’ve never really investigated what it is. I don’t even know who in my family compiled the collection. I’m downsizing ...

The staircase in Marie Petry's farm home in rural Clay County is adorned with an assortment of framed groupings of mounted buttons. The array is a tiny portion of the 3,000 to 5,000 buttons Petry has ...

"Button Button, who's got the button?" Today, it's the collector. The hobby is widespread among artisans, fashion designers, crafts people and especially antique button buffs. Button collecting first ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – Donald trump is the 45th man in American history to assume the highest office in the land and it took a contentious political race to get there. But as history shows, this is ...

Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s. Collection documents ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - As speakers deliver their messages at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Paul Bengston’s eyes are drawn elsewhere on his TV screen. “That’s all I’m looking at,” ...