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In 2001, Tom’s of Maine started a River Awareness Program to raise awareness and increase involvement in freshwater conservation around the US. Their National Partners included The Nature Conservancy and River Network, but as the program progressed, Tom’s of Maine worked with many local organizations, including the Friends of the Chicago River. During local events, they would provide attendees with information on ways they could get involved in their communities. Any people who signed up to try and do their part would be given these buttons.

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Sunsoft is the Japanese video game developer and publisher branch of Sun Corporation. Between 1987 and 1989, they distributed seven games in the United States for the Nintendo Entertainment System: Batman, Blaster Master, Festers Quest, Freedom Force, Platoon, Spy Hunter, and Xenophobe. Sunsoft started in video games in 1978 with Block Challenger and Block Perfect. By the 1980s, they had grown large enough to be able to purchase licenses for Batman and The Addams Family. Sun Corporations has also manufactured electronic equipment, electronic gambling machines, personal computers, software, digital recorders, mobile phone applications, and routers and telecommunications equipment.

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"I've been Snapple-ized," was a slogan used for the first and only Snapple convention in 1995. Its meaning is that the wearer has converted to a Snapple enthusiast from another beverage, such as Coke, Pepsi, or Arizona Tea. During the convention, Snapple, now a division of the Keurig Dr. Pepper company, rolled out new flavors (cider teas in apple pie, black cherry and peach melba), packaging and events like trivia contests, carnival games, and a talent show.

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In 1910, the National Audubon Society opened their membership to children, allowing them to become junior members with the Audubon Society. With the goal of education in mind, the junior clubs taught conservation and nature studies to educate on the importance of birds. Junior birdwatchers were given a button to show that they were members; this one has a bluebird on the front.

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Ribbon, faded, says OFFICIAL MEMBER Walt Disney WORLD ON ICE

The original Mickey Mouse Club debuted on ABC in 1955 that featured a regular cast of teenage performers. The show called their cast members Mousketeers and they performed both musical and dance numbers with occasional informational bits also. Each weekday had a different theme on the show and the corresponded with the different segments for that day. For example, Monday was "Fun with Music Day" and Wednesday was "Anything Can Happen Day". The show has undergone several revivals and different name changes throughout the years, it is now known as Club Mickey Mouse but with the same premise as the earlier show.

In 1981, Disney material began appearing in ice shows under Feld Productions. In 1998, the name was changed from Walt Disney World On Ice to Disney On Ice.

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McCormick and Company, Inc. is one of the most well-known flavor companies in the world. The company started out in 1889 in Willoughby M. McCormick’s cellar, selling flavors and extracts door to door in Baltimore Maryland. In 1921 they moved to their landmark building in downtown Baltimore. The company survived the Great Depression by treating its employees kindly and fairly. In 1947, the company purchased the Schilling company of San Francisco, stretching their own brand from coast to coast. Finally, in 2014, McCormick and Company, Inc. celebrated 125 years in the business and giving contributions to getting “healthy and delicious food to the people who need it most”. 

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Irvin Works was a steel processing plant located in West Mifflen, Pensylvania. Irvin Works, opened in 1938, was owned by U.S. Steel, otherwise known as Mon Valley Works. U.S. Steel was a renaming of other companies as they had merged. Carnegie Steel Company was created in 1872 and was a primary supplier of railroad rails and other steel products. Illinois Steel Company, founded in 1889, was a competitor that moved from the midwest to a western market, but returned to the east to acquisition as they grew. Illinois Steel purchased Carnegie Steel Company in 1901 and became U.S. Steel. Items created at the Irvin Works plant were used in appliance, automotive, metal building, and home construction industries.

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Advanced Digital Corporation was a technology company founded in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California. Specializing in S-100 microcomputers, they released only one complete system, the SUPER STARTM, in 1983. This new system, which featured greater expansion capabilities and support for multiple users, claims to be the first with a removable storage drive included as part of the standard package.

In 1983, S-100 systems as a whole were already becoming obsolete due to the popularity and success of the IBM-PC.

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Located in Michigan, Mackinac Island is an island resort town which covers 3.8 square miles in Lake Huron. It is well-known for these horse drawn carriage "tours" that are the main source of transportation for both tourists and residents of the small island. 

Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, Inc. was officially founded in 1948 by "the carriage men" -- those who had already been giving their own horse drawn carriage tours of the island since 1869. These men, led by their president, Thomas Chambers, successfully petitioned to ban cars from the island since they felt that motorized vehicles startled the horses. Since then, these carriage rides are the only way for tourists and residents to get around on the island, aside from bicycles. Their necessity to both visitors and natives has made the company the world's oldest "horse and buggy" service which currently offers approximately 100 carriages and over 400 horses to pull them with.