Bullet the Dog

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Text on Button BULLET
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Illustration of the head of a German shepherd dog in profile in front of a blurred natural landscape; the dog is alert with its tongue out

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Post's
GRAPE-NUTS
FLAKES
© 1953 R.R.

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Catalog ID EN0682

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

Wilson & Company Six Horse Hitch

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Text on Button THE WILSON SIX HORSE HITCH OF CLYDESDALES WILSON & CO
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Color illustration of six brown horses pulling two people on a red cart; the sky is blue and the grass is green, with red text around the top rim and white, black, and red text in the lower-right corner

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[embossed union bug]

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Catalog ID AD1156

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

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Text on Button BEN & JERRY'S
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Illustration of an ice cream cone with pink ice cream in the center on a background of three concentric circles—yellow, blue, and yellow—with white bubble-style lettering below. 

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Ben & Jerry's started from humble beginnings in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont. Childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened an ice cream parlor with $12,000 and knowledge from a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State. Distribution of their delicious, original flavors grew steadily with major success, offering 98 flavors of ice cream as of 2025 with many options for non-dairy, gluten-free, and other alternatives ingredients.

Many flavors are named after pop culture icons, with an early and longstanding favorite being "Cherry Garcia," named after Jerry Garcia of the American rock band The Grateful Dead. Ben & Jerry's is also known for being outspoken for varying causes and movements, including environmentalism, racial justice, and Fairtrade initiatives.

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Ben & Jerry's. (2025). Activism. https://www.benjerry.com/values

Catalog ID AD1155

Missouri University Tigers

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Text on Button MISSOURI UNIVERSITY TIGERS
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Red background with an illustration of a tiger rendered in blue, red, white, and black in the center, white text above, and black text below

Curl Text [illegible] PREMIUM SALES • ST. LOUIS, MO.
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Catalog ID SC0076

Eugene the Jeep

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Text on Button JEEP © KFS 1936
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Illustration of a yellow dog-like animal with a large red nose on a white background with black text below and to the left of the character

Curl Text PARISIAN NOV CO. CHICAGO - SOLE MFG. LICENSEE
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Eugene the Jeep is a dog-like creature from E.C Segar’s Popeye comics, who first appeared in Thimble Theatre on March 16, 1936. The Jeep is an enigmatic creature, described as an animal that lives in the three dimensional world while truly belonging to the fourth dimensional world. Eugene the Jeep’s otherworldliness grants him teleportation and invisibility powers, and limits his diet to orchid flowers.

The character is commonly attributed with being the inspiration for the name of general purpose military vehicle better known as the Jeep, although the veracity of this claim has been debated. 

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Wilton, D. (2021, March 2). Jeep. Wordorigins.org. https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/jeep

 

 

Catalog ID EN0681

Votes for Women (Green and Gold)

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Text on Button VOTES FOR WOMEN
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Black text on a cream background in the center outlined in gold; light and dark green geometric segments, also outlined in gold, are above and below

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S.N. Meyer
1231 Penna. Av.
Washington
D.C.

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Catalog ID CA0971

National Junior Suffrage Corps

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Text on Button NATIONAL JUNIOR SUFFRAGE CORPS YOUTH TODAY TOMORROW POWER
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Illustration of a green bush on a yellow background in the center with green text on a white background around the rim

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The National Junior Suffrage Corps was devised as a wing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1914. Piloted by the suffragist Caroline Ruutz-Rees in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Corps aimed to get America’s children invested in their political futures. Soon, they had chapters across the country. The logo was designed by artist Elmer MacRae, whose children were involved in the Greenwich chapter of the Corps. 

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Suffragists in Greenwich. Greenwich Historical Society. (n.d.). https://greenwichhistory.org/suffragists-in-greenwich/ 

National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention 1914 : Nashville, T. (1914). The hand book of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and proceedings of the Forty-sixth Annual Convention, held at Nashville, Tennessee, November 12-17, inclusive, 1914. New York City: The Association.

Catalog ID CA0970