Drawing of legs in green pants and orange and brown shoes walking on a red and green background with black text, homemade button

This artwork is most likely an imitation of the “Keep on Truckin’” comic by cartoonist Robert Crumb. “Keep on Truckin’” is a one-page comic published in Zap Comix in 1968 and features men strutting in a manner similar to the man in the button artwork. The original comic has been recreated multiple times and inspired the now-common use of the phrase “keep on truckin’”. 

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The Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century was first introduced in 1985 by CEL Educational Resources and was the first of its kind. Consisting of a laser disk collection of over 30 disks, pieces of footage from over 2,200 historical sources, and images from 1893 to 1985, the collection became an important resource for education and historical enthusiasts. This pin-back was produced so consumers could proudly display their purchasing or viewing of the collection.

Orange and yellow illustration of a fox on a blue and black background with white text

Developed by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross during the early 2000s, Mozilla Firefox is a popular web browser that has nine available versions with the latest releasing on March 7, 2017. Its logo which consists of a fox circling the world symbolizes the accelerated Internet connection that it provides globally.

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This image is from the cover of the album Uprising, a 1980 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers.  Uprising was the last album released during Marley’s lifetime, as well as the most religious of his albums. Uprising peaked at number 45 on the Pop Albums chart, with the single “Could You Be Loved” reaching #5 on the UK singles chart. 

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American rock band the Doors released their fourth album, The Soft Parade, in 1969. Record producer Paul A. Rothchild urged for a departure from the band's previous albums by incorporating string and horn arrangements. Lead singer Jim Morrison was less involved in the songwriting process due to personal problems, so guitarist Robby Krieger wrote half of the album's tracks independently.

Compared to previous albums, The Soft Parade reached only No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Chart, and failed to make the charts in the United Kingdom. The album received poor reviews from critics who viewed it as the band's weakest effort to date. The band's original fans also rejected it because they believed the Doors had abandoned their unique sound to embrace popular music trends.

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Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo which featured vocalist Marc Almond and musician David Ball. The duo is most known for their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones’s “Tainted Love”. The duo celebrated ten Top 40 hits in the UK and four Top 20 albums. The duo split up in 1984 and eventually reunited for a tour in 2001. The image featured on this button is an image of the duo taken during the promotion of their 1981 album “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret”, which evoked images of adult film distributors. 

Multi-colored illustration of an angel against a background of flames. 

The English heavy metal band, Judas Priest, released their second album, entitled Sad Wings of Destiny in 1976. The illustration on this button is a reproduction of the album's cover art, a piece called Fallen Angel by commissioned artist Patrick Woodroffe, depicting a struggling, grounded angel surrounded by flames and wearing a devil's three-pronged cross, which was the band's symbol. It is the only Judas Priest album to feature drummer Alan Moore. 

Sad Wings of Destiny at first had little commercial success, competing with the rise of punk rock. The band supported the album with a three-month tour of the UK, and CBS Records took note. Judas Priest went on to sign with CBS Records and received a large budget to produce their next album, Sin After Sin, released the following year. 

Photograph of a dalmation next to a red fire hydrant on green grass on a white background with white text

Signals is the ninth album from Canadian rock group, Rush. The album was released in 1982 and reached number 10 on the Billboard album charts. The album was released as a follow-up to their Moving Pictures album and continued the usage of the synthesizer and contemporary lyrics.