I Love Cicero

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Text on Button I ♥ CICERO
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Blue tex and a red heart on a white background

Curl Text GJ BLUM ASSOC 788-9555
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Cicero is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois and is named after the Roman statesman and orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero. The suburb, formally a township, was established in 1831 and first became popular when the township built an airport and saw an influx of pilots coming to the area. At one time, Cicero was six times larger than it is now but over the years, parts of it split off into their own towns and others parts were annexed to Chicago.

This is a variation of the I heart NY logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.

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Kociolko, J. (2015). About Cicero, Illinois. Retrieved from http://thetownofcicero.com/about-cicero-illinois/

Catalog ID IL0057

I Love Ass

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Text on Button I (heart) Ass
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Black text and a red illustration of a heart on a white background

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This denotes that the wearer likes people's backside, irrespective of gender. In which way, that remains to be known.

Catalog ID IL0065

Sweet Rachel

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Text on Button Sweet Rachel
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White text on a red illustration of a heart on a white background

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Rachel Sweet is an American singer and actor who got her start as a child star in country music. She later became a rock act when she signed to Stiff Records where she recorded her debut album, Fool Around (1978), with backing from British band The Rumour. She retired from the music business in 1982 but returned to co-write and record the title song for the John Waters’ film Hairspray (1988) and songs for his movie musical Cry Baby (1990).

Catalog ID MU0165

Teach Tolerance

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Text on Button Teach Tolerance one heart at a time
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White and light blue text on a pink background

Curl Text coyright 1994 DONNELLY/COLT BOX 188, HAMPTON, CT 06247
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The “Teach Tolerance One Heart at a Time” phrase is a general human rights statement that promotes the idea of teaching people to be tolerant of each others differences. "One Heart at a Time" indicates the importance of an individual and that teaching tolerance to just one person can make a lasting difference.

Catalog ID CA0572

American Flag Heart 2

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Illustration of an American flag with a yellow ribbon around it

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In the United States the yellow ribbon is frequently a symbol of support for American troops. The earliest known instance of this is in the early 19th century when women wore a yellow ribbon in their hair as a sign of devotion to a spouse or sweetheart serving in the U.S. cavalry. Between November of 1979 and January of 1981 the yellow ribbon was displayed in support of Americans that were held hostage in Iran, but during the Gulf War in the early 1990's the ribbon appeared alongside the “support our troops” slogan and was used in this way again during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Catalog ID CA0574

American Flag Heart

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Illustration of an American flag in the shape of a heart with a yellow ribbon tied around it ona white background

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In the United States the yellow ribbon is frequently a symbol of support for American troops. The earliest known instance of this is in the early 19th century when women wore a yellow ribbon in their hair as a sign of devotion to a spouse or sweetheart serving in the U.S. cavalry. Between November of 1979 and January of 1981 the yellow ribbon was displayed in support of Americans that were held hostage in Iran, but during the Gulf War in the early 1990's the ribbon appeared alongside the “support our troops” slogan and was used in this way again during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Catalog ID CA0573

Everybody Loves Norman Rockwell

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Text on Button Everybody Loves Norman Rockwell
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Blue text around an illustration of a red paint palette shaped like a heart with two paint brushes

Curl Text copyright 1982 The Norman Rockwell Museum
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Norman Rockwell was a 20th-century American illustrator who is famous for his cover illustrations of The Saturday Evening Post, which portrayed the lives of average Americans. In addition to The Saturday Evening Post, he also illustrated the Boy Scouts calendars from 1925 to 1976. Some of his most famous works include Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series. He produced over four thousand original works and was commissioned to illustrate over forty books. 

Catalog ID AR0222

Love That Floor

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Text on Button Love that Floor!
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White text on a red heart illustration on a white background

Curl Text SALE BLAZERS 7784
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The heart shape is a graphic symbol representing an expression of love. The use of the heart shape originated in the Middle Ages, though it wasn’t used to symbolize love until the 15th century. Today, it is frequently used to indicate a specific love of something.

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Catalog ID IL0041

La Prelle-Williams Shoe Company

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Text on Button LA-PRELLE-WILLIAMS SHOW CO'S MEN'S WOMEN'S TRAD MARK $ 250 SHOES
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Illustration of a red heart with an arrow through it with blue text around the outer edge.

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La Prelle-Williams Shoe Co. was a six-story shoe factory based in St. Louis, Missouri. The La Prelle-Williams brand was patented in 1900, and the factory began building in 1901. The company had salespeople who traveled throughout the Midwestern United States. The company only lasted for another year until the retirement of Williams, after which the name La Prelle-Williams Shoe Co. was changed to the La Prelle Shoe Co., which went out of business four years later. 

Catalog ID AD0707