I'm a Delegate

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Text on Button I'M A DELEGATE .....where's the party?
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Curl Text PAULA ©1964 U.S.A.
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"I'm a Delegate" is one in a series of humorous campaign buttons that first appeared in 1964. Others in this series include, "Vote for Stengel," "Nobody for President," and "Dizzy Gillespie for Pres." All used the same white background and black font.

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Be a Party Delegate!. (2021). Retrieved 17 February 2021, from https://educationvotes.nea.org/presidential-2020/delegates/

Catalog ID IB0657

More Deviation Less Population

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Text on Button MORE DEVIATION LESS POPULATION
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Curl Text ©UUU 28 ST. MARKS PL., NYC 10003
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In the 1960s, Underground Uplift Unlimited, based in Manhattan, produced buttons with countercultural slogans.

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Keehnen, O. (1992). Interviews: Jack Nichols. Queer Cultural Center. Retrieved from http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Keehnen/Nichols.html

Catalog ID IB0655

Now

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Catalog ID IB0654

Practice Random Kindness

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Text on Button PRACTICE RANDOM KINDNESS & SENSELESS ACTS OF BEAUTY
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Curl Text DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON CT 06247 203 455-9621
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The phrase “random kindness and senseless acts of beauty” is attributed to American journalist and author Anne Hebert. In 1993 Hebert co-authored a book with Margaret M Pavel by the same name. The text of the book takes a Haiku-like form in which violence is admonished and peaceful unity is promoted.

With the addition of the verb ‘practice’ to the beginning of the phrase, it has since become a pervasive inspirational quote.  

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NYU Press. (2020). Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty. NYU Press. Retrieved October 23, 2020, from, https://nyupress.org/9781613320235/random-kindness-and-senseless-acts-o….

Catalog ID IB0653

Pray for Sex Red

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Text on Button PRAY FOR SEX
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“Pray for Sex” refers to graffiti painted on a rock on Makua Beach in Oahu, Hawaii using the humorous play on a surfing term. Local surfers originally used the common phrase “Pray for Surf” which changed to “Pray for Sets” referring to “sets” of waves. In the 1960s, “Pray for Sex” was spray-painted on a large rock and has since become part of the surf culture lexicon.

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Not a hawaiian aphrodisiac chant – pray for sex beach. (2014, January 31). Hawaii Aloha Travel. Retrieved February 12, 2021, from https://www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/2008/10/11/not-a-hawaiian-aphrodisiac…

Catalog ID IB0652

Put a Little Love in Your Sex Life

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Text on Button PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR SEX LIFE!
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The Counterculture Movement of the 1960s was a time when societal norms and boundaries were broken down by the younger generation. College students across the country had become political and civil rights activists who protested against mainstream society. This counterculture movement is famously tied to both the Vietnam War protests and the sexual revolution.

Pinback buttons were a staple accessory for the counterculture movement. Especially popular were buttons featuring political, anti-war slogans, buttons were essential in spreading political messages, or slogans that poked fun at traditional values and mainstream society. In 1967, “Put a Little Love in Your Sex Life” buttons could be found across the city of San Francisco. 

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McCabe, C. (1967, April 8). The Love Ghetto, 1967. The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved from https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-love-ghetto-1967-50397…

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (n.d.). The Counterculture of the 1960s. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/history/us-history-ii/the-new-….

Oatman-Standard, H. (2017, July 13). Pushing Buttons: In Our Divided America, Political Pinbacks Give Anyone a Voice. Retrieved from https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/political-pinbacks-give-anyon…

Catalog ID IB0651

Rats

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Text on Button RATS!
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Curl Text DARCO BOX 5553 CLEVELAND 44101
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"Rats" is a slang word expressing disappointment. "Rats" stems from from the word "Drat" which also is used as an expression of disappointment used in the the early 19th century.

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Admin. (1960, July 01). Etymology of the "Rats!" exclamation. Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12830/etymology-of-the-rats…

Catalog ID IB0650

Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Text on Button SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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Black text on a bright orange background

Curl Text ©UUU 28 ST. MARKS PL., NYC 10003
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In the 1960s, Underground Uplift Unlimited, based in Manhattan, produced buttons with countercultural slogans.

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Keehnen, O. (1992). Interviews: Jack Nichols. Queer Cultural Center. Retrieved from http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Keehnen/Nichols.html

Catalog ID IB0648