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The Chicago-Rockford Hosiery Company introduced Black Cat Stockings in 1897. Ads as late as 1900 described the product as "triple knee leather stockings for boys". The company's later introduction of White Cat Underwear lead to a spin-off company, which would eventually become known as Jockey International, Inc.

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The Green County Cheese Day began in 1914, after local business men attended Sauerkraut Day in Forreston, Illinois and became determined to host their own food related celebration. In 1916, festival attendees witnessed 2,000 pounds of milk turn into a giant wheel of cheese, a 2 mile long "Panorama of Cheeseland" parade that included clowns and caged animals, and consumed 15,000 cheese sandwiches. Today the festival is held in September in even years, and features concerts, parades, and a cow milking contest. A king, queen, prince, princess, and ambassador are selected by popular ballet and preside over the festivities. 

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The Ice Capades is a traveling ice skating show that began in 1940 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The use of portable ice skating rinks started in the 1950s which allowed the show to perform in many different arenas. In 1962, a feature of the show for the 22nd edition of Ice Capades was a circus on ice. It included clowns, people in animal costumes, and acrobats wearing skates. 

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The phrase “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” premiered in a television ad for the Alka-Seltzer company in 1972. In an interview, Howie Cohen, an ad man from the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising company, described that the phrase was something he uttered spontaneously after a large meal, to which his wife told him, “There’s your next Alka-Seltzer commercial.” The ad and phrase remained popular in American culture for years to come. In fact, the humorous phrase was used in a season four episode of the television show The Simpsons, attached to the notoriously food-focused character Homer Simpson. 

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Alexander Graham Bell invented the world’s first telephone in 1876 with the help of his assistant Thomas A. Watson. Upon completing his prototypes for the telephone, Graham sought to test its capabilities. With two phones he conducted the first ever phone call in history to his assistant in a nearby room. The first words Bell spoke over telephone were: “Mr. Watson, come here, I need to see you.” This button has similar phrasing but with a humorous intent of a frustrated Bell repeatedly requesting help but seemingly being ignored. 

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Mick Jagger is a songwriter and lead singer of The Rolling Stones. Ronnie Wood replaced Brian Jones on guitar for the Rolling Stones in 1975. Formed in 1962, The Rolling Stones enjoyed the success of being part of "The British Invasion," touring and releasing albums for decades to come. Both Jagger and Wood pursued solo careers in the 1980s and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

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Sha Na Na is an American rock band that was formed in 1969 by a group of undergraduate students at Columbia University. They began as a glee club but transitioned to a rock band after their a cappella performances of 50s rock music became popular. Most notably, they performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, performed in 97 episodes of the Sha Na Na variety show, and appeared in the 1979 musical film "Grease" as Johnny Casino as the Gamblers. They have released eighteen studio albums and continue to tour and perform live shows today. This button, along with other items, was released by Buddha Records in 1969 as part of the Rock n' Roll Revival press kit after signing Sha Na Na.

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In the 1970’s Linda Susan Boreman became a successful pornographic film star under the stage name ‘Linda Lovelace’. Lovelace became a household name after starring in the most profitable pornographic film ever produced, Deep Throat. Later she would go on to star in another film, released on March 1, 1975, called Linda Lovelace For President where this button derives it’s meaning from. That film however was a flop and put Lovelace’s career on hiatus from which she was never able to recover her previous stardom. 

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