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Since Coca-Cola's inception in 1886, the drink has evolved into one of the largest products in the world, accompanied by one of the most well-known logos. According to The Coca-Cola Company, the phrase "Coca-Cola" is one of the most recognizable terms world-wide -- second only to the word "okay". Though the logo appears intact here, there is a satirical play on the instantly-recognizable name which instead boasts a reference to the drug cocaine, as opposed to the famous beverage. Interestingly, when the drink was first introduced and sold in drugstores in the late 19th century, it was intended as another version of French "coca wine", which contained coca leaf and, therefore, cocaine. It was initially marketed as "Coca-Cola: The temperance drink." 

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Hallmark began in 1910 when Joyce Clyde Hall started selling postcards. He had little money—not even enough to take a horse-drawn cab to his lodgings at the YMCA—but he had an entrepreneurial spirit and the determination of a pioneer. Hall quickly made a name for himself with the picture postcards he sold. Rollie Hall joined his brother in business, and the company was named Hall Brothers. On January 11, 1915, a fire destroyed their office and inventory. They took the only salvageable item, their safe, and set up shop again. With $17,000 in debt, they decided to press onward. As postcard sales declined, they recognized the public’s desire for more privacy in their communication, so they started offering high-quality Valentine’s Day and Christmas cards mailed in envelopes. The fateful fire resulted in the Hall brothers’ decision to buy printing presses and begin producing their own greeting cards in 1915. Hallmark eventually made the move to manufacture and sell collectable memorabilia including pin-back buttons, most of which revolve around holidays and other special events.

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Robert Swan Mueller III served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, under Presidents Bush and Obama. In 2017, after the contentious presidential election of 2016, he was chosen as special counsel in a Department of Justice probe into alleged Russian meddling in the election.

Before his law enforcement career, Mueller served as a Marine during the Vietnam War, and received multiple awards for his service, including the Purple Heart. After his military service, he earned a master’s in International Studies at New York University, and later a law degree at the University of Virginia. Mueller worked in private law, but switched to the public sector. Soon after assuming directorship of the FBI, the September 11 terror attacks occurred, and Mueller directed the investigation of terrorist activities. In 2004, the Justice Department declared the warrantless wiretapping program authorized by President Bush’s administration illegal. Mueller, along with other officials, pressured White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to leave the ruling in place, and threatened to resign if the White House overturned the ruling. President Bush ultimately overruled his counsel. After his stint at the FBI, Mueller returned to private law practice before being appointed special counsel in 2017.

The button’s creator, Henry H. Owings, provided some insight into how he designed the final version of the button. The image is from Mueller’s official government profile, and the yellow color is supposed to be politically neutral, associated with neither Democrats nor Republicans. Owings also mentioned that he never expected to sell thousands of the buttons, and he has been pleased with the amount of support for the button.

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In the 1960's, Robert Francis Kennedy (RFK), brother to President John F. Kennedy, bid to be the 1968 Democratic nominee for President. After winning the California Democratic Primary on June 5, 1968, Robert Kennedy was mortally wounded by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy had served as a close advisor to JFK, a U.S. Attorney General from 1961-1964, and a U.S. Senator from New York from 1965 until his death in 1968.

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Barry Goldwater and William Miller were the 1964 Republican presidential and vice presidential candidate respectively. Barry Goldwater was the Senator of Arizona and William Miller was a New York politician in the U.S. House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Goldwater and Miller lost the 1964 presidential election to Lyndon B. Johnson with only 38.47% of the votes.

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Evelle J. Younger ran for Governor of California in 1978 as the Republican candidate. He lost the election to the incumbent, Democrat Jerry Brown, by a wide margin. Younger had been serving as California’s Attorney General since 1971, where he was instrumental in shaping the California Environmental Quality Act. He had also worked as an FBI agent, a judge, the Los Angeles County District Attorney, and an actor in legal dramas. His wife, Mildred, was a well-known political activist.

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Evelle J. Younger ran for Governor of California in 1978 as the Republican candidate. He lost the election to the incumbent, Democrat Jerry Brown, by a wide margin. Younger had been serving as California’s Attorney General since 1971, where he was instrumental in shaping the California Environmental Quality Act. He had also worked as an FBI agent, a judge, the Los Angeles County District Attorney, and an actor in legal dramas. His wife, Mildred, was a well-known political activist.