I'm preferred ask me why

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INSTA-BUTTON MFGD. BY THE RICHMARK CO., 1110 E. Pine St. Seattle, Wash.  98122

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Catalog ID AM0029

Ask Me if I Like Scum

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Text on Button Ask me if I like Scum NO JOKE!
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Black and white illustration of a person in clown make-up and a black shirt with black text above on a white background

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The Meat Puppets are an American rock band who were active primarily during the 1980's to the early 2000's. "Scum" was the first single from their "No Joke" album, as well as the only one from the album to have a music video. The image featured on the button is of the same character shown on the cover of the album. 

Catalog ID AM0026

Ask Me How I'm Losing Weight

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Text on Button ASK ME HOW I'M LOSING WEIGHT
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Curl Text Copyright The Cambridge Plan International 1982
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The Cambridge Diet is a "fad diet" during which an individual only consumes 600 to 1500 calories per day. These calories usually come from liquids, which are part of the diet regimine. It was developed in England in the 1970's by Dr. Alan Howard. In the 1980's, the diet gained popularity in the United States, but not without controversy.

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Marks, John, and Alan Howard. The Cambridge Diet: A Manual for Practitioners. Lancaster, UK, and Boston:MTP Press, 1986.

Catalog ID AM0035

Ask Me About the Jaycees

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Text on Button ASK ME ABOUT THE JAYCEES
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Jaycees is the commonly used nickname for the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, an organization that trains people aged 18 through 40 in developing personal and leadership skills. The Jaycees was established in 1920 to train men until 1984 when the Supreme Court prohibited sex discrimination. 

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Catalog ID AM0039

Ask Me About People I Sleep With

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Text on Button Ask Me About People I Sleep With TEN SPEED PRESS BOOTH # 1941
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Curl Text PEOPLE I SLEEP WITH BY JILL FINBERG 1-8008-634-9 $19.95 TEN SPEED PRESS WWW.TENSPEED.COM
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Ten Speed Press was founded in 1971 by Phillip Wood, and is still operational as an independent publisher today. Known for their colorful illustrations, Ten Speed Press has found success in the world of cookbooks, graphic novels, and photography books.

Published in 2004 by Ten Speed Press, the book titled People I Sleep With, by Jill Fineberg was being promoted at book conventions and shows. In the book, Fineberg presents a collection of photographs detailing the intimate relationships between fifty people and their pets, or "those we let into our beds".

Ask me buttons, especially ones like this with a booth number, were typically worn at events or places of employment by employees as leading prompts to customers encouraging them to inquire about a hot or provocative item.

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Ten Speed Press. (2010). "A Tribute to Phil Wood".

Fineberg, Jill. (2004). People I Sleep With. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Catalog ID AM0038

Ask Me About E.T.

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Text on Button ASK ME ABOUT E.T.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film created by Steven Spielberg and starring Henry Thomas and Dee Wallace. The film centers on the story of a boy and his friend, an extraterrestrial nicknamed “E.T.”, and his attempt to help E.T. get home while avoiding government interference. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the highest-grossing film of the 1980’s and is considered one of the greatest films ever made.  

Catalog ID AM0028

Asbury Park Ask Me

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Text on Button ASBURY PARK N J GLAD HAND COMMITTEE ASK ME
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THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. 
BUTTONS BADGES NOVELTIES AND SIGNS 
NEWARK, N.J.

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Asbury Park, a small seaside city in New Jersey, was famous for its exceptional hospitality and tourism boom in the early 20th century. In fact, it was known around the United States as the "town without a frown". All twelve thousand men, women and children of the community were made members of the Asbury Park "Glad Hands Society", which prided itself on providing hospitable welcomes to visitors from around the country and around the globe. 

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Asbury Park, to See America and See it Right (1915, May). Travel (25) pp.51-52. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=iDRQAQAAIAAJ

​New York Telephone Company (1915, August). Khorassans and Pythians at Asbury Park. Telephone Review (6) p.238-239. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=ticoAAAAYAAJ

Catalog ID AM0041

Once a Lobo

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Text on Button Once A Lobo Always A Lobo UNM LOBOS
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Red background with white text, and an illustration of a wolf licking its lips

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The University of New Mexico, and it's mascot the "Lobo", have prominent men's basketball and football programs. This button is for alumni of the school to wear proudly after graduating or leaving. 

Catalog ID SP0012

Think Snow

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Text on Button THINK SNOW
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Illustration of a person wearing a stocking cap, sweater and mittens.  They are holding ski poles and wearing skis.  Purple text on a yellow background.

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Catalog ID IB0553