Ep. 184: Busy Beaver Button Museum w/ Christen Carter

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Vintage Annals Archive Podcast

Vintage Annals Archive

199 episodes

5 days ago

We talk deep dives into any and all the subjects we research for the podcast. We tend to focus more on artists that dug deeper into the work and themselves in what they offered to the world. We tell stories of everyday people, visionaries, and outsiders. We also present histories of the past to help navigate the present. We present a unique form of interview, conversation, and storytelling in an organic manner and focus on art, culture, music, film, and more. Hosted by: 1) Rich Wexler, founder and curator of the @vintageannalsarchive Instagram Based in beautiful West Philadelphia.

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Ep. 184: Busy Beaver Button Museum w/ Christen Carter

Vintage Annals Archive Podcast

40 minutes 23 seconds

4 weeks ago

Ep. 184: Busy Beaver Button Museum w/ Christen Carter

Since pinback buttons were patented in 1896, people have communicated and built community through these little wearable items. The mission of the Button Museum to show how as much American history as possible through pinback buttons. The words, artwork, printing style, color, and size were the final result of a vision they wanted to communicate. Buttons tell a peoples' history like anything else!

The physical museum is located in Busy Beaver Button Co.'s office where custom buttons are made!

We also happily accept button donations!

We have a book! Published and designed by the amazing Princeton Architectural Press. You can buy Button Power: 125 Years of Saying It with Buttons directly from us. Button Power is also available for purchase from your favorite bookseller.

Please contact us if you have something to add or find any missing information.

Thank you,Joel and Christen Carter(brother/sister button making/collecting duo)

The Button Museum3407 W. Armitage Ave.Chicago, IL 60647

https://buttonmuseum.org

Credits

Stephen Bluhm - Sound Engineer and episode editor

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Rich Wexler

Producer/Interviewer

⁠⁠⁠http://www.vintageannalsarchive.com

Episode Editors

Otter Castro

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