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The Chicago White Sox are an American Major League baseball team. Originally founded as a minor league team in 1894, the Chicago White Sox were initially known as the Sioux City, Iowa Cornhuskers before moving to Chicago as a major league team. The team's final name change to the White Sox became official in 1904. The Chicago White Sox are also referred to as the “South Siders” in relation to their location to another Chicago baseball team, the Chicago Cubs.

The 1959 World Series featured the Chicago White Sox versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. Known as the “Go-Go Sox”, they were last in the American League in home runs but led in stolen bases and fielding percentage. During the 1959 season, they were sponsored by Standard Oil, which produced buttons with little white socks attached in support of the team. This series marked the first set of games ever played on the West coast and included the first game to exceed 90,000 fans in attendance. This was also the first game where neither team’s pitcher pitched a complete game. The Sox ultimately lost to the Dodgers in a 4-2 game series.

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"We never guess, we look it up!" was the slogan for World Book Encyclopedias. Salesmen from this company would give buttons with the slogan to prospective customers. For example, the company would send representatives to visit classrooms where they would have elementary students bring these buttons home to their parents. 

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The Virgin Islands are a group of Caribbean islands and islets located southeast of the Florida peninsula. The islands were discovered by Spain at the end of the fifteenth century and traded between the Spanish, Dutch, British, French, and U.S. from discovery. The British gained stable position in 1958 with control over Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, which are designated the British Virgin Islands in modern day. The U.S. claimed or bought St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix in 1917, and the islands Culebra and Vieques that are currently Puerto Rico in 1898.

The industry and trade history of the Virgin Islands contributes to their reputation as high quality rum distilleries. St. Croix became one of the largest producers of rum when the U.S. designated their ports tax free to compete with the English and allowed for the export business to transition from molasses to rum. Cruzan Rum was the original distillery on St. Croix, and has consistently been an innovative and competitive brand. The other brands listed on this design represent the majority of U.S. Virgin Island rum sourcing and production.

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Cook County is located in Northern Illinois and includes Chicago and a number of suburbs in the area. The Cook County Democratic Party comprises 50 wards and 30 suburban Illinois townships. The 1940 chairman of the Cook County Democrats, Patrick A. Nash, along with Chicago mayor Edward J. Nash, were staunch supporters of Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated for a third term at the Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, on July 18, 1940.

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon won reelection in 1972 against Democratic nominee, George McGovern, by one of the largest landslide victories in history. He also served as vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. During his time in office, Nixon ended the US involvement in the Vietnam War and ended the military draft in 1973. He also fostered diplomatic relations with China and the Soviet Union, including after the US space mission, Apollo 11, which ended the space race. 

To this day, Nixon is the only US president to resign from office. His resignation was instigated in the early 1970s by the Watergate scandal which covered a break-in to the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and the coverup afterwards by Nixon's administration. Nixon left office in August 1974 once it was clear that congress meant to impeach him from office. He died in 1994 after suffering from a stroke. 

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Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election campaign used "Nixon Now" as its slogan and as a campaign song. Nixon won the election but was soon met with political conflict. Allegations were made and evidence was presented of his involvement in the break-ins at the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel. Nixon fought against the release of taped evidence, which lead the House of Representatives to begin impeachment charges against him. He was the only President to resign, which was a result of the Watergate.

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Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew were presidential running mates representing the Republican Party in the 1968 and 1972 general U.S. elections. Richard Nixon served as President from 1969 until he resigned in 1974 before facing impeachment and removal from office after the Watergate scandal. Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President in 1973 after pleading no contest to tax evasion. Nixon was the first President to resign from the position and Agnew was the second Vice President to resign from office after John C. Calhoun in 1932.

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This jugate (double portrait) button shows William McKinley on the left and John Riley Tanner on the right. 1896 was an election year, and both men were Republicans running for office. 

McKinley was the Governor of Ohio, and he was running for president. He conducted an unusual front porch campaign where he did not travel but the invited the world to his front porch in Canton, OH where he was available to the public Monday through Saturday. Tanner was running for governor of Illinois. Both won their respective elections: McKinley became the 25th President of the United States, and Tanner became the 21st Governor of the State of Illinois. Both men were in office from 1897-1901.

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George H. Lyle ran for mayor of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1942 and promoted his campaign using buttons like the one seen here. 

McKeesport is located in southwestern Pennsylvania at the junction of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers, 14 miles south of Pittsburgh. During the 19th century, it became a part of the Pittsburgh industrial complex. The city's first steel mill was established in 1851, and in 1872, the National Tube Company opened and became part of U.S. Steel. The demand for jobs was high, and according to U.S. Census data, McKeesport was the fastest-growing municipality in the country at the time. 

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John F. Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States. He took office in January 1961 and was president until his assassination in November 1963. He was in office during the Cold War and much of his foreign policy dealt with managing US relations with the Soviet Union. Kennedy's domestic policy efforts included fighting for civil rights, increasing funding for education, increasing healthcare services for the elderly, and providing economic aid to rural regions. Before his presidential election, Kennedy served in World War II and represented Massachusetts in the House and Senate.