Love Too Smurf

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Text on Button LOVE TOO
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Illustration of a blue-skinned character wearing a white hat, shirt and shoes and swinging a tennis racket. Black text on a yellow background.

Curl Text © Peyo 1980 W. Bertie Co. S.E.P.P. Made in U.S.A. E.U.A.
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Catalog ID SP0198

You Belong in the Zoo

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Text on Button YOU BELONG IN THE ZOO.
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“You Belong in the Zoo” is a 1978 song with lyrics written and music composed by Mel Hall for the San Diego Zoo. The song was used in commercials and the slogan was used for promotional materials and advertisements. 

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Mel Hall. (1978). You Belong in the Zoo [Song]. Cinira Corp.

Catalog ID IB1009

Downhill Smurfer

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Text on Button DOWNHILL SMURFER
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Illustration of a blue-skinned character with a white hat and yellow sweater wearing orange skis. Blue and white background with black text. 

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Catalog ID SP0197

Help Textile Workers Win Justice

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Text on Button Help Textile Workers Win Justice
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Grayscale photograph of a man wearing coveralls and a hat on a black background with white text.

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“Help Textile Workers Win Justice” was a rallying cry for the boycott of the J.P. Stevens Textile Corporation following the death of two of its textile workers. Grover Hardin and Louis Harrell, the latter of whom is pictured on this button, died of byssinosis, commonly known as brown lung, after repeated exposure to cotton dust at work. These deaths, along with other injustices, led to the organizing of J.P. Stevens textile workers into unions, who then began a long and protracted battle with the company throughout the 1960s and 70s. After merging with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union in 1976, the newly christened Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union initiated a boycott of J.P. Stevens products which drew widespread attention and momentum. J.P. Stevens eventually capitulated and met the union’s demands in 1980 in exchange for the end of the strike. 

Louis Harrell’s photograph was also used in OSHA-published brochures on the dangers of cotton dust in 1980 during the last year of U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s term. In 1981, newly-elected president Ronald Regan appointed Thorne Auchter as OSHA director. Aucheter determined that the Carter-era brochures had a pro-labor bias and had them destroyed, along with several films critical of the textile industry. The anti-labor policies of the Reagan administration stalled the future efforts of the ACTWU and other unions. 

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Monforton, C. (2014, October 4). Byssinosis, an infamous booklet, and Reagan-era OSHA. The Pump Handle. https://www.thepumphandle.org/2014/10/08/byssinosis-an-infamous-booklet-and-reagan-era-osha/

Phalen, A. (2009, November 25). U.S. textile workers win campaign in South (J.P. Stevens Boycott) 1963-1983. Global Nonviolent Action Database. https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/us-textile-workers-win-campaign-south-jp-stevens-boycott-1963-1983 

Shor, G. (2014). THE 1980 OSHA COTTON DUST STANDARD BROCHURE. NEW SOLUTIONS, Vol. 24(3) 435-447. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/NS.24.3.l

Catalog ID CA0968

I Believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

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Text on Button I BELIEVE DR. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD
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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is a professor of psychology at Stanford University. Following the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court by Donald Trump, Blasey Ford came forward alleging that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her while the two were in high school. On September 28, 2018, Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her experience with Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh also testified in the same hearing. Despite Blasesy Ford's allegations, the Senate voted to confirm Kavanaugh on October 6 2018. Despite Kavanaugh's confirmation, Blasey Ford has since expressed satisfaction that her allegation increased awareness of sexual assault in the United States.  

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Fenoglio, J. (2018). Kavanaugh Sworn in After Senate Votes 50-48 to Confirm Trump Nominee to Supreme Court. KLTA5. https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/senate-approval-of-kavanaughs-supreme-court-nomination-expected-saturday/

Gross, T. (2024). For Christine Blasey Ford, the fallout of the Kavanaugh hearing is ongoing. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1239378828/for-christine-blasey-ford-the…

Shabad, R. (2018) What to know about the Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford Senate hearing. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/what-know-about-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-senate-hearing-n913376

Weise, E. (2018). Who is Christine Blasey Ford, the professor accusing Brett Kavanaugh of assault?. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/17/who-christine-blasey-ford-professor-accusing-brett-kavanaugh-assault/1339485002/

 

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