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One of the titans of pulp, the Green Hornet first sprung to life in 1936. The eponymous radio show, created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker and broadcasted alongside other programs such as The Lone Ranger, detailed the exploits of Britt Reid and his sidekick Kato, masked vigilantes who pretended to be criminals in order to battle corruption. The series rapidly gained popularity and was adapted for a wide variety of media, including comic books, films, and a television show.

Starring Van Williams as Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato, the show only ran for one season from 1966 to 1967. Notable for being Lee’s first major role, The Green Hornet introduced martial arts to American television audiences. The wearer of this button would’ve been proudly displaying their enjoyment of the show. 

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Mine is used! Is yours? was the slogan of an American corporation called American Computer Group, Inc. The slogan was registered in 1975 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The company offered electronic data processing equipment; namely, general purpose digital computers, central processors, peripheral apparatuses, terminals, video display units, paper taper readers, magnetic tape readers, card readers, magnetic disc units, magnetic drives, printers, bluffers, memories, and components thereof.   

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The 1-2-3 Go Club is a reference to a club created in the third season of the television program Our Gang which aired in 1941. Our Gang featured a cast of rambunctious children also were known by and had films under the titles The Little Rascals. Our Gang began as a series of silent films with piano accompaniment in 1922. Created by Hal Roach, the series of short silent films became popular and drew audiences to the theaters. The characters continued on into the "talkies" (films with sound), and eventually television. The 1-2-3 Go Club was featured in an episode that focused on traffic safety and care in crossing the street, after a member of the gang was struck by a car.

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The 1968 United States presidential election saw a number of hopeful candidates running for office. Lyndon B. Johnson, the incumbent president, withdrew from the race for Democratic nominee after failed numbers at the New Hampshire Primary. Robert F. Kennedy was a frontrunner for the Democratic party until his assassination on June 6, 1968. Vice President Hubert Humphrey won the Democratic nomination and ran against Republican Richard Nixon and American Independent George Wallace. Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election, effectively realigning the American political parties after the Democrats were viewed as the majority party for decades. 

KKB designed and produced buttons for the 1968 election hopefuls, which are now collectible political memorabilia. Identified buttons feature Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Eugene McCarthy, and Nelson Rockefeller.

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The Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee was a consortium of multiple organizations that were advocating for peace and an end to the Vietnam War in the mid 1960s. The March 26, 1966 protest was conducted not just in New York City but—which had protesters numbering over 20,000—across the United States. According to the New York Times, protests in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Washington, and many other cities spanning the nation occurred the same day. 

There were a number of protests for peace, including rallies and sit ins, throughout the duration of the Vietnam War. The anti-war movement was bolstered by college students, but had broader reach due to the unpopularity of the draft, which impacted approximately 40,000 men each month. Protests increased as the war continued, including in Washington, D.C. at the Capital building and outside the White House. The Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire in 1973 after massive public outcry and anti-war sentiment, with long lasting harm to the Vietnamese people and to American veterans. 

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A prolific politician, Jerry Brown was first elected governor of California in 1974. He was later re-elected in 1978, 2010, and 2014, making him the longest-serving governor in California and the fourth-longest in United States history. In 1976, Brown ran as a candidate for the Democratic party in the presidential election, which this button is promotional material for, but lost to Jimmy Carter. He also attempted to secure the nomination against Bill Clinton in 1992, but was once again unsuccessful.