Ask Me

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Text on Button ASK ME!
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The 'Ask Me' slogan is used by a variety of organizations to prompt their customers to seek assistance for their needs. Individuals donning the Ask Me button are generally seen as a resource for their affiliation and a guide to their patrons.
 
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Catalog ID AM0044

Try CocoRibe Liqueur

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Text on Button TRY CocoRibe Liqueur Wild Island Coconut and other natural flavors with Virgin Islands Rum PRODUCED BY COCORIBE CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO 750 ML 60 PROOF
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Black and white text over a photograph of an opened coconut with a white outer edge

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CocoRibe Liqueur was founded 1978 and produced coconut flavored liqueurs until 1985. Although CocoRibe liqueurs and memorabilia are still available for purchase in certain markets, the production company itself no longer exists. 

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Be careful, its from the tropics. And, it is wild. CocoRibe Liqueur, 1978. (n.d.). Reddit. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.reddit.com/r/OakIslandDiscussion/comments/19cy10p/be_careful_its_from_the_tropics_and_it_is_wild/?rdt=59304

 

Catalog ID AD0790

Stand by for the 1934 Chevrolet

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Text on Button "stand by" for the 1934 Chevrolet
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Blue and red text and an illustration of a yellow character holding two red and white flags on a white background

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GERAGHTY & COMPANY 3035-37 W. LAKE ST. CHICAGO, U.S.A. 

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The advertisement "'Standy by' for the 1934 Chevrolet" was featured in newspapers across the United States in 1933 to prepare citizens for the announcement of the two 1934 models: the Chevrolet Master and the Chevrolet Standard. 

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 1934 Chevrolet "Stand By" Advertising Card Animated Sailor Waves Flags. (n.d.). WorthPoint. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1934-chevrolet-stand-advertising-card-4713102615

 

 

Catalog ID AD0796

Programs Out the Yin-Yang

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Text on Button PROGRAMS OUT THE YIN-YANG LORDLY & DAME Boston, Mass.
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White text around the outer edge with a black and white yin yang symbol in the middle on a black background

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Lordly and Dame was an event production, artist management, and speaker booking and literary agent company in Boston, Massachusetts. Events managed by Lordly and Dame consisted of lectures, seminars, strategic events, speakers, comedy, music, and other forms of entertainment. Clients of Lordly and Dame included poet, writer, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou as well as performing hypnotist, Tommy Vee. 

"Out the ying-yang" is a slang phrase used to describe having plenty or too many of something. It was first cited in 1968 and looks to still be in use today.

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Lordy and Dame. (n.d.). BizBash. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.bizbash.com/supplier-directory/entertainment/talent-agent-brokers/supplier/13420417/lordly-dame

Ying-yang. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ying-yang

About us. (n.d.). Music Museum of New England. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.mmone.org/about-us/

 

Catalog ID AD0789

Do It All in Our Socks

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Text on Button Do it all in our socks RIPON
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White text on a brown background next to an illustration of legs wearing blue socks

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Jedediah Bowen founded Ripon Knitting Works in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1880. Ripon Knitting Works included a leather division and produced a variety of items including socks, hosiery, gloves, mittens, and baseball gloves. As many as 500 workers worked at Ripon when business was doing well. During World War II, Ripon provided materials for soldiers and received awards from the United States government for its support. Sales declined following the war, and Ripon Knitting Works permanently closed in 1970.

Catalog ID AD0743

Officer Big Mac

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Text on Button BIG MAC
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Illustration of Officer Big Mac with a white and yellow background. Black text on bottom

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Officer Big Mac is a humanoid character who dresses in an old-fashioned constable uniform and has a large Big Mac for a head. In the 1970s and 1980s, he featured in a variety of TV and print advertisements to promote McDonald's Mcdonaldland brand. Officer Big Mac is the Chief of Police of Mcdonaldland, where he is usually tasked with stopping the Hamburglar from stealing hamburgers. Officer Big Mac was popular with consumers due to his comical appearance. Initially, he was voiced by well-known actor Ted Cassidy. 

Catalog ID AD0739

A-B Quality

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Text on Button A-B QUALITY
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Black octagon with white text

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Founded in 1903 by Dr. Stanton Allen & Lynde Bradley, Allen-Bradley is a factory automation equipment manufacturer that operates out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Allen-Bradley Clock Tower has become a landmark building in the city due to its enduring presence there. The tower's four-sided clock is the largest in the Western Hemisphere. In 1985, Allen-Bradley was purchased by Rockwell International, a major manufacturing conglomerate, for $1.6 billion dollars. The acquisition remains one of the most expensive in Wisconsin history.

Catalog ID AD0740

Sign for Stevenson

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Text on Button SIGN FOR STEVENSON
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Red, white and blue horizontal stripes.  Blue text inside white stripe.

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Adlai Stevenson II was an important Democrat in the United States during the mid-twentieth century. He was a diplomat and helped found the United Nations, serving as the top delegate for the United States. He was elected in 1948 as the Governor of Illinois and won by a large majority.

Stevenson was the Democratic candidate for both the 1952 and 1956 presidential race. Unfortunately for Stevenson, both times he lost to wartime hero Dwight Eisenhower. Stevenson would try one more time to secure the nomination in 1960. This time around, he lost in the primaries to John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy was elected, he placed Stevenson in his cabinet and made him the U.S. representative in the U.N. Stevenson would hold this position until his death in 1965.

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Mingst, K. (n.d.). Adlai E. Stevenson. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adlai-E-Stevenson

Catalog ID PO0787

Gettysburg the Home of President and Mrs. Eisenhower

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Text on Button GETTYSBURG THE HOME OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. EISENHOWER SEAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA KEYSTONE STATE VIRTUE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE
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Button is divided in half.  Lower half if photograph of 3 houses, upper half is blue with inset photographs of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower and illustrations of Pennsylvanian state seal and coat of arms.

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A.G. TRIMBLE
3006 JENKINS ARCADE
PITTSBURGH 22, PENNA.

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Eisenhower National Historic Site is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This is the home and farm of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie Eisenhower which is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield from the Civil War. Eisenhower visited this battlefield with his West Point class in 1915 and purchased his home there after he retired from the military. Daily tours are offered of the house and grounds.

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Ike and the Civil War. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nps.gov/eise/learn/historyculture/ike-and-the-civil-war.htm.

Catalog ID PO0788

Pan Am 747

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Text on Button Pan Am 747 1,000,000
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Blue and white illustration of an airplane with blue text above and below on a white background

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In the 1960s, Pan-Am approached Boeing to build a 400-seat plane, which became the 747. The first Boeing 747 was originally scheduled to take off on January 21, 1970, from John F Kennedy airport in New York. Due to issues with a door, cargo loading, and engines, the plane had to return to the terminal after taxiing to the runway with its 336 passengers. A substitute 747 arrived at JFK and successfully completed the flight to London Heathrow.

Catalog ID AD0742