Crazy Man, Crazy

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Text on Button CRAZY MAN, CRAZY
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Black text on a yellow background

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ARMOUR
STAR
FRANKS

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The "breezy button" collection from Armour Star meat packing company had 24 buttons, each with a catchy "breezy slogan." The buttons were given free in every package of Armour franks (hot dogs) during the 1950s.  

Armour and Company was founded in Chicago in 1867 by Philip Danforth Armour. Its success made Chicago's meat packing industry the central meat packing location for the country and helped the city of Chicago grow in prominence. 

This particular “breezy button” was likely inspired by the song “Crazy Man, Crazy,” a 1953 song by Bill Haley and the Comets.

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Armour Star. (1955, August 14). Collect these...breezy buttons you get one free in every package of new Armour Star franks [Advertisement]. Chicago Daily Tribune, G10.

Catalog ID AD1157