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The Sydney Rescue Society, formed in 1890, was a philanthropic, non-denominational organization that ran refuges and homes for women and children in Sydney and its surrounding suburbs. The society formed eight years after the founder, G.E. Ardill, opened a Women’s Refuge  called 'Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women’. The society was founded on the principles of the New Testament and campaigned for temperance, the reform of alcoholics and prostitutes, and the protection of infants, women, and girls. While the organization successfully helped many women and children, there was controversy surrounding Adrill’s use of pregnant women for labor in his commercial laundry facility. The profits from the laundry were used to finance Adrill’s other operations. Regardless of this criticism, the society is still in operation today albeit under a new name, Integricare Sydney, and has since identified other missions relevant to modern issues. 

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The United Protestant Association (UPA) of New South Wales was established in 1938 by Thomas and Rosetta Agst in response to the lack of homes available for impoverished Protestant children. Before the Agsts established the UPA, the nearby Roman Catholic Convent had taken in the protestant children. A bitter division had formed between Catholics and Protestants and the Angsts felt the need to open a home specifically for the protestant children. Many of the children were British migrants affected by the war. Between 1950 to 1990, the UPA had housed over 3,000 children in thirteen UPA homes. As of the 1990s, the homes have been converted to aged care facilities as the cost of providing residential care to children had become too much.

The UPA sold buttons, or “Tinnies”, to help raise funds. The UPA offered a variety of colorful designs, Some featuring the faces of children, while others displayed animals and birds.

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In the early 1900s, along with other tobacco companies, Tokio Cigarette issued many 7/8" cartoon pinback buttons displaying comic art by famous cartoonists of the day. They were given out as premiums with a purchase of Tokio Cigarettes.

Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was an American cartoonist and inventor who is best known for his cartoon depictions of impossibly complicated machines to accomplish simple mundane tasks. Goldberg is the only person ever to be listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an adjective.

Goldberg was a founding member and first president of the National Cartoonists Society, whose Reuben Award for cartoonist of the year is named after him. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948, and in 1995 was honored with a commemorative stamp as part of the "Comic Strip Classics" series from the U.S. Postal Service.

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The Lone Indian Camp-Fire Circle was the brain child of Robert E. Callahan, an actor, advertising agent, and self-proclaimed authority of Native American history. Upset with how Native Americans were represented in Hollywood and inspired by a book, Ramona, Callahan wrote and produced several syndicated radio programs celebrating Native American culture. One of the radio shows, The Lone Indian, featured Callahan as the narrater presenting stories of Native American life. 

The radio program, broadcasted by Warner Brothers, was sponsored by Walkers Department Store in Los Angeles, CA. Children were invited to the fifth floor of Walker’s store to explore a replica of a Native American lodge, win prizes, and receive a Lone Indian button.  Children could also attend events at Mission Village, a four acre piece of land which included several replica buildings, mining towns, pueblos, and a museum.

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The Brady Bunch was an American sitcom which ran from 1969 to 1974. The series follows the blended Brady family as they learn to live under the same roof. The show remains both a pop cultural icon and a site of constant ridicule in its depiction of the American family.

Greg Brady is the eldest of the Brady kids on the show. Greg is the quintessential big brother, and generally leads the group in their shenanigans. Over the course of the show, Greg demonstrates a variety of talents from athletics to academics, as well as singing and songwriting, as demonstrated by his performance of, “Clowns Never Laughed Before,” in season one, episode 14.

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