AdCraft Manufacturing Co./ADCO Litho Line

AdCraft Manufacturing Co./ADCO Litho Line

Like many Button Manufacturers of previous eras, AdCraft Manufacturing Co. started its humble origins in the Windy City itself, Chicago, in 1919. The company initially offered products such as conference and luncheon badges, celluloid and metal buttons, ribbons and other advertising novelties and products. Their products ranged from traditional advertising buttons to conference badges.


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Welcome to Rita's

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Text on Button Rita's
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White background with Rita's in red cursive font with black edging above a white rectangle edged in black. 

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Catalog ID AD1014

Vote for Art

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Text on Button Vote for Art Chaparro $1 = 1 vote www.oxnardsalsafestival.com
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Black background disco ball at the top right. Man in a white disco suit, right arm raised. The text is yellow. The V in the word Vote is a checkmark.

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The Oxnard Salsa Festival is an annual event held in the beachside town of Oxnard, California. Regularly hosted in the summer, the festival serves spicy food and even has a salsa tasting tent. Local bands are also participants of the event and help set up a fun atmosphere for all ages with their upbeat music. Dancing is a popular activity enjoyed at the festival as well. Sponsors of the Oxnard Salsa Festival include McDonald’s, Mission, and Bud Light.

One of the featured events carried out at the Oxnard Salsa Festival is Dancing with Our Community Stars, which entails prominent Oxnard residents pairing up with a professional dancer to perform their salsa moves on stage. In 2010, Art Chaparro—the Director of Development at Aspiranet—signed up for the competition and was partnered with salsa instructor Kelly Richardson. Together, the two danced to raise money and awareness for Ventura County foster children programs. In the end, the couple who is able to secure the greatest amount of donations for their chosen charity is declared the winner of Dancing with Our Community Stars. Between 2007 and 2010, the event managed to raise more than $115,000 for local organizations.

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Oxnard Salsa Festival. (2020). Dancing with our community stars. https://oxnardsalsafestival.com/dance/

Stephens, A. (2010, July 14). Salsa instructors share moves, spice up charity dance contest. Ventura County Star. http://archive.vcstar.com/your-news/salsa-instructors-share-moves-spice…

Catalog ID EV0914

Miss DC 2006

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Text on Button Good Luck Crystal! Miss DC 2006
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Grey background. Headshot of a woman with a purple collar. White cursive font.

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The Miss District of Columbia pageant crowns a winner who goes on to represent the D.C. area in the Miss America pageant. Women who compete in this event typically work or study in Washington, D.C., but most are not residents of the district and come from neighboring states.

In 2006, the winner of the Miss D.C. pageant was Georgia-native Kate Michael. She was twenty-four at the time of her crowning and performed a jazz routine to the song “Fever” for the talent portion. She later competed in Miss America in 2007, but lost to Lauren Nelson from Oklahoma. Today, Michael works for the Department of Employment Services and has a startup business on the side called Consignment Cocktails.

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Michael, K. (2010, January). Kate Michael: Miss D.C. 2006! K Street Kate. http://kstreetkate.blogspot.com/2010/01/katemichael-kate-michael-miss-d…

Miss District of Columbia. (n.d.). About the Miss DC scholarship organization. http://www.missdc.org/about.html

Catalog ID EV0913

Franklin County Fair 2010

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Text on Button 2010 Franklin County Fair
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Royal Blue background with the silhouette of Franklin County in light blue. The font is white with red edging. At the bottom are two flags, one American and the other the 4-H flag, with a princess tiara beneath them.

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The Franklin County Fair is held in late summer months in Hampton, Iowa. The fair has hosted 4-H competitions since 1942, though the first 4-H club activity in Hampton, Iowa, dates back to 1919. These clubs were originally girls clubs which were made up of sewing, bread making, and canning clubs. Boys 4-H clubs quickly followed in 1921; focused on livestock.

In 1942, the first 4-H competition hosted at the Franklin County Fair was focused around war needs. The boys and girls clubs both raised Victory Gardens and sold stamps and war bonds. The prizes also consisted of war stamps. The following year, the 4-H clubs hosted their first food stand in an effort to raise money for both their clubs. This would become a Franklin County Fair tradition. The 4-H clubs would go on to host many food stands to raise money for different 4-H causes.

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Iowa 4-H  Foundation. (n.d.).  Iowa 4-H History By County. https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/index.cfm/36964/7070/franklin_county_i…

Catalog ID EV0912

Think First

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Text on Button Think F1rst
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Black text reads Think F1rst with the dot over the i and the number 1 in white, all on yellow background.

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The Think F1rst campaign event took place in 2018 to spread awareness of the First Amendment.  A survey conducted showed that most Americans did not fully understand the First Amendment and the rights it protects. As a response to this, the Media of Nebraska started the campaign to promote the First Amendment. Using a combination of print, radio, and TV ads, the organization, explained the five freedoms: Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Peaceably Assemble, and the Freedom to Petition the Government.

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Think first amendment. (2021). About. https://www.thinkfirstamendment.org/about

Catalog ID CA0826

Cabinalysis

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Text on Button Cabinalysis
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White text and geometric blueprint of a cabin on dark blue background.

Curl Text WWW.CABINALYSIS.COM 100% RECYCLED (recycle symbol)
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Cabinalysis...or Build Your Own Damn Cabin! is a spoken word performance piece by the real-life psychiatrist, Lawrence Kerns, M.D. The story follows a middle-aged psychiatrist who devises a plan to salvage his relationship with his teenage children by getting them to build a replica Thoreau cabin in their backyard. 
The performance toured in 2010 and was featured at Fringe Festivals in Chicago, Kansas City, and Minnesota, 2nd Story Storytelling festivals, and Chicago Moth StorySlam where Kerns was a winner.

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Cabinalysis. (2010). Cabinalysis.Com. http://www.cabinalysis.com

Ecker, K. (2010, September 2). Essay Fiesta Visits The Chicago Fringe Festival. Essay Fiesta. https://essayfiesta.com/2010/09/02/essay-fiesta-visits-the-chicago-frin…

Catalog ID EN0585

Green Team

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Text on Button I support the Green Team CWCC
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White text on green background.

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Catalog ID CA0825

Gearhart 2010

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Text on Button GEARHART 2010 Crazy House, Crazy Times
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Photograph of a person sitting on the orange handrail of a set of green stairs in front of a building with brown siding and red trim. Text in red with white shadow at the top and bottom. 

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This house may be located in a coastal town in Gearhart, Oregon. A railroad was once connected between Astoria and Seaside, dating back to 1889. Astorians and Portlanders use the railroad to visit the seaside town as a pleasant place for wandering and picnicking. Over many decades, many visitors traveled to Gearhart by train for vacation, but residential growth exceeded commercial growth. To keep the beach’s natural beauty and to limit growth in town, the railroad service was discontinued. Some of the beachfront homes were passed down from generation to generation and remodeled and sold to other private parties. But Gearhart remains a beautiful place for visitors. This house may be one of the beachfront homes passed down and remodeled during Gearhart’s historical change. It is currently unknown whether this house still survives to this day.

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City of Gearhart. (n.d.). History. Retrieved June 4, 2021, from https://www.cityofgearhart.com/general/page/history

Catalog ID EV0909