Yank Coble

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Text on Button READY, WILLING AND ABLE Yank Coble
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White block text on a blue ring divided by six red stars surrounds red script text with a blue drop shadow on a beige circle with a white star in the middle.

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Catalog ID CA0851

Burroughs Better

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Text on Button I'm Burroughs Better
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The Burroughs Corporation was a company dedicated to producing adding machines—the predecessor of the modern-day electronic calculator. The company was founded in St. Louis in 1886 and later moved its headquarters to Detroit. Burroughs was the largest adding machine company in the United States. Though they moved into computer product production in the 1950s, the company was surpassed by IBM and eventually combined with a competing electronics company to form the Unisys Corporation.

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Adding Machines. (n.d.). Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 12, 2022, from https://www.si.edu/spotlight/adding-machines
Burroughs Corporation. (n.d.). Centre for Computing History. Retrieved July 12, 2022, from http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/8226/Burroughs-Corporation/
 

Catalog ID CA0852

Let's Make Whoopie

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Text on Button LET'S MAKE WHOOPIE
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Blue text on a white background within a red and white checkered ring along the outer edge.

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Catalog ID IB0745

Support Soviet Union

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Text on Button SUPPORT SOVIET UNION DEFEAT FASCISM
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Blue text on top and bottom, red text in the middle, on a white background.

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Various union bugs "UNION LABEL," "ALLIED PRINTING," "TRADES COUNCIL," "CHICAGO."

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During World War II, Germany ran under a fascist government led by Hitler and Mussolini. Germany appeared to be powerful, but after an attack on the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army began to defend their country and target Germany to defeat fascism. Along with allies such as America, Britain, and Italy, the Soviet Union destroyed German cities, fought a bloody battle on June 6, 1944, on the beaches of northern France in what is widely known as D-Day, and took over the Nazi capital of Berlin. With Germany overwhelmed by the Allies, both Mussolini and Hitler faced a gruesome defeat. In the spring of 1945, Hitler committed suicide, officially defeating fascism.

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Rick Steve’s Classroom. (2017). The defeat of fascism in 1945. Europe. https://classroom.ricksteves.com/videos/the-defeat-of-fascism-in-1945

Catalog ID CA0850

Chicago Fair Souvenir

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Text on Button SOUVENIR CHICAGO FAIR
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An off-white and navy background, split horizontally. On the off-white portion, an abstract orange illustration surrounded by navy blue block text, with "SOUVENIR" written vertically to the left of the illustration, and "CHICAGO FAIR" written horizontally to the right.

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The illustration depicts the Spiramid, a sculture which was the symbol of the 1950 Chicago Fair. The 1950 Chicago Fair took place at the Lake Front Exposition Grounds, currently known as McCormick Place, from June 14 through Labor Day. The Spiramid symbolized “the upward spiral of progress to new and even loftier heights in the standards of American living.” The fair emphasized the achievements in U.S. agriculture, commerce, industry, and science. The fair also hosted a pageant, “Frontiers of Freedom,” to emphasize America’s pioneer heritage. The Spiramid was dismantled when the fair closed and is no longer standing on the Lakefront.

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WTTW News. (2013). Ask Geoffrey: 12/18. WTTW. https://news.wttw.com/2013/12/18/ask-geoffrey-1218

Catalog ID CH0255

Biden

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In 1972, Democrat Joe Biden was only 30 years old when he won his first campaign for U.S. Senator in Delaware. His campaign was small and mostly run by family members, but he went door to door and connected with people on the issues of withdrawal from the Vietnam War, Civil Rights, and Healthcare. His term nearly ended before it started when, on December 18, 1972, he lost his wife and one year old daughter Naomi in a car accident. His two young sons, Hunter and Beau, were also in the car and survived with bone fractures. Heartbroken, he focused on his sons and made sure he was home each night, memorably taking an Amtrak train 90 minutes from Wilmington, Delaware to Washington D.C. He married Jill Jacobs in 1977 and they had daughter Ashley in 1981.  

He served as a Senator for Delaware for 36 years and ran an unsuccessful Presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He is best known for his work on the Crime Act, Violence Against Women Act, and his bona fides in Foreign Policy. Barack Obama, chose him as his Vice-Presidential running mate for his 2008 campaign and they served two terms together. Joe Biden then ran for President in 2020, and won against the incumbent Donald Trump.

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Joe Biden: The President | The White House. (2021). Retrieved 16 April 2021, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-biden/

Osnos, E. (2021). A Look At Biden's Life And Political Career [Radio]. NPR.

Catalog ID PO1160

London-Brighton Bike Ride

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Text on Button IN AID OF THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION LONDON-BRIGHTON BIKE RIDE SPONSORED BY FLORA
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Yellow filled rectangle with black text and a red outline in the center. The red outline forms a lifeline and a heart filled in yellow on the top of the rectangle. Below the rectangle, intersecting with the outline, are a red cyclist and a green cyclist facing opposite directions. Small green text curves around the top and large green text curves around the bottom, all on a white background.

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The London to Brighton Bike Ride is an annual charity event hosted by the British Heart Foundation. It is an organization that strives to fund research in heart and circulatory disease. The organization’s most popular event was first held in 1975 by street performer Robert Stredder and his partner and is Europe’s oldest, largest charity bike ride. Over 800,000 cyclists worldwide have come to the UK to ride and helped raised money to help millions of patients affected by heart disease. Participating in this iconic event provides lasting memories while supporting funding for life-saving research in heart and circulatory diseases.

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British Heart Foundation. (2015). Pippa Middleton launches our 40th London to Brighton bike ride. https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2015/january/pippa-middleton-launches-our-40th-london-to-brighton-bike-ride

London to Brighton. (n.d.). Why ride? British Heart Foundation. Retrieved July 16, 2021, from https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/events/london-to-brighton-bike-ride/why-ride

Catalog ID EV0934

Join A.F. of L.

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Text on Button JOIN A.F. OF L. union bug 9
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An illustration of two hands shaking in blue is between two pieces of blue text in front of a white background. A blue union bug appears below the text on the bottom of the button.

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The A.F. of L. stands for American Federation of Labor. The American Federation of Labor was formed in December of 1886 by Samuel Gompers. It was a group of smaller craft unions consisting of skilled workers organizing local unions and negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions. Under Gompers’s leadership, the American Federation of Labor grew to become the largest labor union organization in the United States. But during the 1920s, the organization faced challenges in leadership, particularly that only skilled workers are allowed for membership. Tensions became prevalent until the Great Depression as unskilled workers joined to help serve better lives for thousands of working Americans. Today, the organization is known as AFL-CIO since 1955 and remains the United States’ largest union organization.

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Britannica. (n.d.). Trade union. Retrieved July 21, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/trade-union

Ohio History Central. (n.d.). American Federation of Labor. Retrieved July 21, 2021, from http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/American_Federation_of_Labor

U.S. History. (n.d.). American Federation of Labor.  Retrieved July 21, 2021, from https://www.ushistory.org/us/37d.asp

Catalog ID CL0636

Bob Waldman Scientific Affairs

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Text on Button Bob Waldman Scientific Affairs
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White text in front of a blue background. A white line separates the two pieces of white text in the center. The bottom text piece is pixilated.

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Catalog ID CL0635