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Safeco, a Seattle based insurance company, began using the Pink Panther as its advertising mascot in 1978. The character appeared on various print and television advertisements and promotional materials for the company throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Safeco was founded in 1923 under the name General Insurance Co. of Seattle, but changed its name to the Selective Auto and Fire Insurance Co. of America, or Safeco, in 1968.

The Pink Panther was a character that first appeared in the 1964 film The Pink Panther. He has featured in ten films, four television series, a video game, and was used as an advertising mascot for a variety of other companies.

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​Cinerama Holiday was a 1955 travel documentary, or travelogue, following an American couple vacationing in Europe and a European couple in America. It was filmed using Cinerama technology, developed by Fred Waller, in which three 35mm cameras were projected onto a large, curved screen, providing depth to a film. Cinerama Holiday featured point-of-view scenes in which the three dimensional aspect of the technology could be fully appreciated. This is a trailer for the film that showcases the technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWeZ0qYGVP4 

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In 1881, the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton and a group of her acquaintances in Washington, D.C.. It is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. The organization accepts contributions of time, blood, and money to support lifesaving services and programs.

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In March 1987, the city of Seattle began the ambitious project of creating a 1.3 mile-long pair of tunnels for buses that would run through the downtown area of the city. The project took a little over three years and cost $469 million dollars to finish. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnels (DSTT) addressed a long-standing issue of traffic congestion in the city. Today, they are primarily used by the Link light rail, the city’s commuter trains. This button is promoting this project, with the phrase “I dig the tunnel” and a pair of eyes that represent the tunnels. Below this text is the old King County Metro logo, which was replaced in 2007 with an original graphic of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Golden G Ranchers Club, founded in the 1950s and supported by the Golden Guernsey co-op, educated kids in metropolitan areas about farm animals and how they support daily life. The club provided children the opportunity to see real cows and other farm animals and taught them how milk is produced, processed, and delivered to their homes. Children under twelve could join this program by submitting a Golden Guernsey milk cap and were granted access to farm and plant tours, a playground, and a corral to learn about the farm and receive a bottle of chocolate milk for their birthday.

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In December of 1975, in the case Risher v. Risher, Mary Jo Risher of Dallas lost custody of her 9 year old son to her former husband, Douglas. He stated a change in the living circumstances in Mary Jo’s home as reason for filing, referring to her partner of two years, Ann Foreman. The Rishers’ older son testified against Mary Jo, an action that many jurors cited as a main factor in their decision. This case brought national attention to the issue of custodial disputes relating to sexual orientation.

In January of 1976, the Dallas chapter of the National Organization for Women formed a “Friends of Mary Jo Risher” fund to help cover the legal fees that she and Ann were expected to accrue as they appealed the court’s decision. In 1977, after a number of appeals, Mary Jo was still unable to regain legal custody of her son.

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