{"id":69186,"date":"2018-03-15T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T22:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=69186"},"modified":"2018-03-15T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T22:41:49","slug":"a-place-to-button-it-up-inside-one-of-chicagos-most-unique-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/a-place-to-button-it-up-inside-one-of-chicagos-most-unique-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place to Button It Up: Inside One Of Chicago&#8217;s Most Unique Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Annanya Johari<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Maybe it&#8217;s a victory celebration button from\u00a0 George Washington\u2019s inauguration that you&#8217;re hoping to see.\u00a0\u00a0We have the place to find it.<\/p>\n<p>Nestled in a quiet corner of Chicago&#8217;s Logan Square neighborhood, is one of its most unique museums. Founded and run by Christen Carter and her brother Joel Carter, the Busy Beaver Button Museum houses\u00a0a collection of more than 25,000 pinback buttons.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think buttons are a signifier of the times. They usually have a message or a cultural moment and then they are forever stamped in that time, so you can get a broad historical overview if you look at a large collection of them,\u201d says Joel.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing you notice inside\u00a0is a wall\u00a0adorned with more than a thousand buttons\u00a0on display. On the right, buttons fill flat files and binders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep changing the buttons out here regularly, most of them are stored in boxes below, and here\u2019s the ultimate button,\u201d Christen says, pointing to one with the message, \u00a0\u201cThis is the ultimate button.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subjects of the buttons spin from politics and sports to music and arts. And there\u2019s an entire section dedicated to beer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProhibition lasted from 1920 to 1933, so we have some buttons from pre-prohibition, and then some of these companies\u00a0became soda manufacturers. And then there are some anti-prohibition buttons too,\u201d adds Christen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__CdBvk-1024x574.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__CdBvk\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__CdBvk\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__CdBvk-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__CdBvk-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Christen Carter, who runs the museum,  shows buttons to a visitor. (Annanya\/MEDILL) <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__LOaMw-1024x574.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__LOaMw\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__LOaMw\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__LOaMw-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__LOaMw-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">A button celebrating John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__6P4PN-1024x576.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__6P4PN\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__6P4PN\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__6P4PN-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__6P4PN-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Beautiful Jim Key was a famous performing horse in the early 20th century. The owner claimed that the horse  could read and write and do basic arithmetic, according to Christen.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ASewc-1024x571.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ASewc\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ASewc\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ASewc-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ASewc-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Some buttons from the music and art section.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZxY6u-1024x571.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ZxY6u\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ZxY6u\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZxY6u-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZxY6u-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Buttons promoting social movements.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__D4ZIW-1024x528.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__D4ZIW\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__D4ZIW\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__D4ZIW-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__D4ZIW-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Buttons showcase and promote events.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"6\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__sRFim-1024x574.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__sRFim\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__sRFim\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__sRFim-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__sRFim-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">The button museum has a large collection of ET buttons. (Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"7\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__WWxFX-1024x629.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__WWxFX\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__WWxFX\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__WWxFX-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__WWxFX-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Pro and anti-prohibition buttons  dating from 1920 to 1933.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"8\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZW6IM-1024x574.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ZW6IM\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__ZW6IM\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZW6IM-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__ZW6IM-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Self-referential buttons.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"9\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__497so-1024x576.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__497so\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__497so\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__497so-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__497so-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">A worker at at the Busy Beaver Button Company making buttons.(Annanya\/MEDILL) <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"10\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__SA4wl-1024x570.jpg\" title=\"screen_shot_2018_03__SA4wl\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"screen_shot_2018_03__SA4wl\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__SA4wl-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/screen_shot_2018_03__SA4wl-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">The Busy Beaver Button Museum in Logan Square.(Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"11\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/button-1-1024x571.png\" title=\"button\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"11\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/button-1-150x150.png\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/button-1-150x150.png\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Here is the ultimate button. (Annanya\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The siblings\u00a0started up Busy Beaver as a button manufacturing company in 1995, when\u00a0Christen required some buttons for a project of her own. She realized all button manufacturers wanted a minimum order of a thousand buttons, more than she needed. So she decided to make them herself and soon launched a company.<\/p>\n<p>They opened in a small space in Bloomington, Illinois, before shifting base to San Francisco. After a few years there, Joel and Christen decided to move it back to Illinois, settling in Logan Square. They\u00a0occupy two adjacent buildings at 3407 W. Armitage Ave. The space is twice the size of their previous location one block east, giving that the museum and the production business their own space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe museum was an offshoot of a passion for making buttons and collecting them. So about eight years ago, we thought we had a collection good enough to make an exhibit of it,\u201d Joel says, when asked about how the museum came into being.<\/p>\n<p>The company has only grown since then. Up to 25 employees\u00a0work for the business on any given day. \u201cWe make roughly 4.5 million buttons a year now, sometimes up to 25,000 in a day,\u201d Joel tells me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The &#8220;I \u2665 NY&#8221; button designed by Milton Glaser.(Annanya\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Annanya Johari Medill Reports Maybe it&#8217;s a victory celebration button from\u00a0 George Washington\u2019s inauguration that you&#8217;re hoping to see.\u00a0\u00a0We have the place to find it. Nestled in a quiet corner of Chicago&#8217;s Logan Square neighborhood, is one of its most unique museums. 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