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National Restaurant Week was a promotional campaign that began in the late 1930s and lasted through 1949. Its goal was to showcase the variety of foods restaurants offered and their sanitary preparation. May 6-12 corresponds to National Restaurant Week for either 1940 or 1946.

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The year 1977 was the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's historic 1927 flight from North America to mainland Europe. Lindbergh is famous for being the first person to pilot a nonstop transatlantic flight solo. In addition to his success as an aviator and explorer, he was also a military officer in the Army Air Corps Reserve. He was awarded the Model of honor for his flight. 

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A storm that is now known as the Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 impacted a large part of the United States, Canada and a small portion of Mexico from January 31- February 2 2011. The storm forced states of emergency in Illinois, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Areas not normally accustomed to winter weather experienced both ice and snow accumulation. There were widespread power outages and thousands of flight cancellations. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport cancelled over 1,100 flights. The airport reported a record total of 21.2 inches of snow which makes it the third largest snowfall amount in Chicago history to date.

This button was manufactured by the Busy Beaver Button Co.

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Over 25,000 buttons were created and distributed to commemorate the Good Roads Day celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 21, 1916.  The festivities included a parade highlighting the areas best roads, a ceremony for the building progress of highways in the area, and special visits from good road experts from around the United States.

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Golden City was an American amusement park located in New York’s Jamaican Bay. The park was a featured attraction in a 1907 advertisement in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which encouraged eager enthusiasts to come see all the rides and entertainment of the day. The park was opened over 100 years before the popular Coney Island and amused people for thirty years until 1939 when it was demolished to make way for the new Belt Parkway. Today, onlookers can get a glimpse of the former space, when visiting Canarsie Pier or driving over the parkway; the same space that generations gone by knew as the Golden City. The amusement park might be gone but as the button shows, being entertained and amused never goes out of style. 

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The Duluth Winter Frolic was a winter event that began in 1926. The Frolic included sports events, like ski-jumping tournaments, hockey, skating and baseball on ice. It also included a parade, luncheons, dinners, costume contests, and a ball that crowned a Winter Frolic Queen.

Chase, Barrett. 2010. "So, When Do We Bring Back the Winter Frolic?" Perfect Duluthday. Online: https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2010/01/20/so-when-do-we-bring-back-the-winter-frolic/

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The illustration likely depicts vaudeville entertainment at American county fairs. County fairs were first held in the 19th century and originally focused on educating attendees about agriculture. Its popularity led to the development of technology and entertainment. The entertainment acts include carnival rides, vaudeville entertainers, and other amusements. Today, county fairs focus on entertainment and amusement, but also encourage agricultural education.

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This event indicates the marriage of Ken Rudin’s wedding to Lorrie. Ken Rudin is a political analyst and respected expert on elections who runs the Political Junkie. He served as the political editor at the National Public Radio from 1991 to 1994, and as a political director at ABC News from 1983 to 1991. He has appeared on many national TV shows such as CNN’s “Inside Politics,” PBS’s “Washington Week in Review,” and CNBC’s “Equal Time.” He also wrote “Political Graffiti” for The Hill from 1997 to 1998. He has been collecting over 70,000 political campaign buttons since 1966.

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The 1976 Summer Olympic Games were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is to date the only time that Canada has hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Bay State Beverage Inc. was, a now defunct, beer distributer out of Massachusetts. Schlitz Beer was once the most popular beer in America. It was brewed by Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Strikes by workers, disastrous campaign adds, and changes to its brewing formula all caused a decline in sales. By the late 1970s the beer lost its number one ranking to competitor Anheuser-Busch.

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Conesus Lake is a popular outdoor place located in upstate New York, about twenty-five miles from Rochester. The lake is eight miles long and sixty-six feet deep. It is considered a minor part of the eleven finger area lakes situated westerly at the Town of Conesus.