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EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) Center was opened at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida on October 1, 1982. Although Walt Disney died well before the park's opening, it is based on his designs for a utopian city of the future and focuses on technological innovation and international culture. It is divided into Future World and World Showcase, which features eleven pavilions, each dedicated to a different foreign country. The park was renamed Epcot '94 and Epcot '95 in 1994 and 1995 respectively and today is simply referred to as Epcot. This button was released in the early to mid 1980s to celebrate the park's opening. 

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The 1985 Orion film, Desperately Seeking Susan, is a screwball comedy which features Rosanna Arquette and Madonna as two very different women -- a "bohemian drifter" and a "bored housewife" -- whose lives become entangled as a result of a series of personal ads posted in a New York newspaper. Madonna received much attention for her role as the character "Susan" and her soon-to-be legendary fashion sense and confident persona, which many young women of the 1980s attempted to emulate. Though Rosanna Arquette had the lead role as the character, "Roberta", and more screen time in the film, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a "Supporting Role", further underlining the fact that all eyes were on Madonna as a rapidly-rising star. Though not officially on the film's commercially released soundtrack, the demo for Madonna's now iconic song, "Into the Groove", can be heard in a scene where Susan meets with Roberta's husband at the club, Danceteria -- which, incidentally, is the club where Madonna got her real-life start as a dancer and singer in New York's "new wave" music scene. 

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WDCS-FM was a classical music radio station that broadcasted out of Portland, Maine, from 1971-1980. The station was the result of an acquisition of the popular Top 40’s station WJBQ by Dirigo Communications Incorporation. Due to low ratings, WDCS was eventually moved to a smaller watt frequency station. The former incarnation WJBQ remains a popular hits station in Maine.

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The illustration depicts the 48-star American flag that was used from 1912 to 1959. It was established circa June 24, 1912, by the Executive Order of President Taft. It was the official flag for 47 years, longer than any other flag. The flag was used through two World Wars, and it led to the emergence of the United States of America as the leading nation of the world.

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Canadian dairy producer Farmers is a subsidary of Agropur based in Nova Scotia. In the later years of the 20th century, some farms and dairies turned a profit by inviting visitors to tour their facilities.

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The Anti-Litter club was formed by the Chicago Park District. This club is mentioned in a 1934 newspaper article that explains that the club was used to educate citizens of the effects of litter. In 1934, 12,000 waste baskets were put in Chicago parks to help promote clean parks and no littering.

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This statement from the 1960s references police brutality and how Armed and Dangerous means to not approach the police because they carry weapons and are likely to use them without cause.

Underground Uplift Unlimited (UUU) was an ephemera shop in the East Village run by Randy Wicker. They created and sold some of the most worn protest buttons of the 60s.

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In 1974, the owners of WRVR, a jazz radio station in New York City, announced their intentions to sell the station. This came at the same time that another classical station was being sold and its programming changed to rock. This led to a conflict in which listeners of the formerly classical WNCN attempted to purchase WRVR and change the programming to classical, but were ultimately unsuccessful, with the station being bought by Sonderling Broadcasting in 1975. These prompt changes sparked the formation of the "Citizens for Jazz", a group of listeners and activists who protested the proposed change in programming on WRVR. Although successful at the time, the station was eventually purchased by Viacom and changed to country music, to the upset of the jazz community in New York. WRVR had been one of the only jazz stations in the city. Today, the radio station's call number has changed to WLTW, and it is a broadcaster of primarily adult contemporary music.

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