You'd Be Surprised

You'd Be Surprised Ice Breakers Button Museum
Category
Ice Breakers
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You'd Be Surprised Ice Breakers Button Museum
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Text on Button You'd Be Surprised
Image Description

Illustration of a flapper face with heart-shaped lips looking to her left.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/16 inch
Year / Decade Made
1920s
Additional Information

Garter buttons like this one became very popular in the 1920s as attitudes loosened in a post World War I America. The flapper craze saw women rolling down their stockings, a trademark fashion, and adding in a colorful garter with a fun button. These buttons often had a cartoon face like Betty Boop printed with a ribbon hanging off that read either “You’d be Surprised” or “Did You Get Yours?”

Learn more about the History of Flapper Buttons on the Busy Beaver blog.
Catalog ID IB0007