A number of items were manufactured with the expectation that they would be used for no longer than the wedding day. Aside from the items shown on this page, other items that have survived include hats, paper cups, plates, and napkins, plastic bags, subway passes, flags, and very cheap souvenir trinkets that should have worn out ages ago.

The most durable of such items are the buttons commemorating the day. The four shown here are fairly representative of the ones that exist, though these are not all the designs available. Other surprisingly common items are matchbooks and matchboxes which were available for pennies at the time or given out with cigarette purchases.

Many commemorative beer, ale, Coca-Cola, whiskey and champagne bottles were produced with the expectation that they would be consumed. Many untouched bottles can still be found, and it is also possible to get labels from the bottles to provide a colorful addition to a collection.

Press credentials, except for those issued by ABC News, are very hard to find. Either the other international news organizations sent smaller crews or else the people valued theirs more, since networks from around the world were well represented that day.

Guests invited to the wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace received the menu, the box of Elizabeth II matches and a piece of the wedding cake with a best wishes card from the newlyweds.

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