With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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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.

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<p>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.</p>