"You would think the study of buttons is more fashion, but it's pure history," president of the CT State Button Society said.

I’ll bet at first glance of the title of this month’s column some of you are thinking about buttons and bows as in useful items for garment making and adornment. Perhaps others are thinking of the ...

Dan Gorelick estimates that he owns hundreds of thousands of buttons. His impressive collection, boasting glass buttons made in the Czech Republic and unusual styles from India, dates back to the ...

Audrey McKinley shows the mixed display of Ada Preim's buttons, most categorized and colorized on cards as well as some of her own collection of buttons. Her interest in button collecting came about ...

In a neighborhood dominated by Bloomingdales and other big retail stores, there is one shop around the corner on East 62nd Street that defines a different type of high-end shopping. The shop Tender ...

When I was a young child, many decades ago, I would visit my nana here in Concord. She was a gifted seamstress who was always working on different projects and who utilized her craft to engage me at ...

DUBLIN — It’s hard to describe. In fact, even the current owner of the estimated 35,000 buttons set to be auctioned Saturday has trouble finding the correct words. “Speechless, I am,” said Darrell ...

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate, pinned ...

HOUSTON – Inside a quiet room at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, you can see the evolution of American politics right before your very eyes. SEE ALSO: Archives of the ...