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This button was a give-away button from American Pepsin Gum Company and was part of a collectible set. Early in the 20th century, New Jersey based American Pepsin Gum Company, a gum and candy business, distributed these pinback style buttons in their products to advertise.

Many gum manufacturers in the late 1800's used pepsin powder in their chewing gum and marketed it as a way to aid in digestion. Pepsin was thought to settle stomach issues and help people with digestive concerns

John Howe Osbourne, or John Jr., was a very successful English jockey, trainer, owner and breeder of thoroughbreds for over 46 years. His first race was in 1846 for the Wilton Cup at Radcliffe Bridge in Bury and his last was in 1892 at St. Leger. Over the span of his career he won 12 Classics, the race in England that tests three year olds on the flat. He was most successful on the mount Apology, having won three of his 12 Classic wins on her. Osbourne gave freely to the poor of Middleham and Wensleydale which strained his family finances considerably. Upon his retirement, the community gifted him with 3,600 guineas. He fathered ten sons and three daughters. At his death, his son Frederick took over the running of the family home/stables, Brecongill. J. B. Radoliffe published the book "Ashgill: or, the Life and Times of John Osbourne" in 1900.  

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John McKenzie is a former professional hockey player who played for the National Hockey League from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He is well known for playing with the Boston Bruins and for winning two Stanley Cup Championships. McKenzie was also a hockey coach in the early 1970s for the Philadelphia Blazers and the Vancouver Blazers. He earned the nicknamed "Pie" after his teammates pointed out the similarities between him and a characters on a Canadian candy bar wrapper.

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The Iowa Hawkeyes are the sports teams representing the University of Iowa. The Hawkeyes include 25 sports teams that participate in Division 1 of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). They are also members of the Big Ten Conference. Sports include basketball, baseball, swimming, tennis, gymnastics, gold, track, and other popular sports.

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A "hoosier" is a common name for a resident of Indiana, home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. These are two aspects of Indiana culture being used to promote the races held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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The Mt. Greenwood Colts are a non-profit youth organization that has been servicing the local community in Chicago, Illinois, for 50 years through football and cheerleading teams as well as community involvement. The Colts are currently members of the Metro Youth Football League. Many youth sporting organizations may recognize through awards those who make a difference on or off the field, in the classroom, individual, team,or community accomplishments and contributions.

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This button most likely dates from the 1970s (1970 and 1972 seasons) when the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. Gerald Michael “Cheesey” Cheevers was a goaltender in both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association between 1961-1980. He holds an NHL record for being undefeated in 32 consecutive games during the 1972 season. Cheevers’ goalie mask was the first in the sport to be custom decorated. He had stitch-marks drawn on his mask for every time he got hit in the face with a puck. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 and into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame in 2010.

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The Chicago White Sox are a major league baseball team from the south side of Chicago. They are also called the "South Siders," a reference to their location in Chicago in relation to the city's other major league team, the Cubs, who are based in Wrigleyville on the north side. They won the World Series in 2005, and 88 years before that, twice, in 1906 and 1917. The team originally formed in Iowa in 1894 as a minor league team called the Cornhuskers. Charles Comiskey purchased the team and moved them to Chicago in 1900 as the White Stockings. Four years later, they took their new and current name, the White Sox.

The team played in Comiskey Park from 1910 to 1990 until a new stadium was built in 1991. The new field was originally also called Comiskey Park, but it was renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 and then Guaranteed Rate Field in 2016.

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Booster item made for the Cal (University of California, Berkeley) vs. Stanford University’s annual football game.  This rivalry dates to March 19, 1892 and continues every November except for a hiatus during World Wars I and II, and the fall of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.