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The Old Dutch Cleanser Girl is seen brandishing a stick that represents her driving away dust and dirt. Her Dutch roots follow a tradition rooted in Holland where its residents are renowned for immaculate cleaning practices. Old Dutch cleanser, first created by Cudahy Packing in 1905, was the first company to market cleansing powder. It is a pumice based cleanser used for household cleaning.

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Head of Christ, or Sallman Head is a painting of Jesus of Nazareth created in 1940 by American artist Warner Sallman. The piece is very popular amongst producers of Christian devotional products and has been reproduced millions of times. It is also said to be an accepted portrayal of the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth by millions of people. 

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Pasadena City Schools contains the schools surrounding the Pasadena area and other unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County. The first schools in the system were opened in 1874, including Pasadena High School, where the first graduating class was 14 students.The school system was unified into Pasadena Unified School District in 1961.

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George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, was the American Independent Party's candidate in the 1968 presidential election. After consideration of former Georgia governor Marvin Griffin, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, former baseball commissioner and Kentucky governor Happy Chandler, Wallace finally selected Curtis LeMay, a United States Air Force general as his running mate. Wallace and LeMay ran against the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and eventual winner, Republican Party nominee and former Vice-President Richard Nixon. 

Wallace was pro-segregation and LeMay was a nuclear weapon enthusiast. Wallace did not expect to win the election, but he hoped he would prevent either of the major party candidates from winning a majority of the Electoral College, thus sending the decision to the House of Representatives. His "outsider" status was popular in the South, and the AIP ticket was able to carry five states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi), earning 45 electoral votes, plus one electoral vote from a faithless elector. 

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George Wallace ran for President in 1968 under the banner of the American Independent Party. His campaign attempted to utilize a unique strategy, given that third party candidates in national elections don't usually gain much support, by focusing his attention on southern states to earn their electoral votes. The goal was to earn enough votes to force Congress to vote for the winner of the Presidential election. His opponents were Richard Nixon (Republican) and Hubert H. Humphrey (Democrat).

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Bob Dole was a United States Representative from Kansas from 1961 to 1969, moving into the Senate in 1969. Dole served as the Senate Republican leader from 1985 until his resignation in 1996. After unsuccessfully running for Vice-President alongside Gerald Ford in 1976, and two failed bids for the Republican nomination for President in 1980 and 1988, Dole finally became the Republican Party's candidate for President in 1996, but was defeated by Democrat Bill Clinton in the general election. 

Dole is the only person to have been a party's nominee for both President and Vice President, but was never elected to either office, in the history of the two major U.S. political parties. On the other hand, his former running mate Gerald R. Ford served both as Vice President and as President without being elected to either office.

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In 1996, Bill Clinton and Al Gore ran on the Democratic national ticket for President and Vice President against Republican candidates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, and Reform candidates Ross Perot and Pat Choate.  Clinton and Gore supported legislation for employment nondiscrimination and the removal of limited security clearances for gay civilians.  The pink triangle on the button is a symbol of gay pride.  After winning the election, the Clinton-Gore administration fought for hate crimes legislation and opposed anti-gay ballot initiatives.

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In 1996, Bill Clinton and Al Gore ran on the Democratic national ticket for President and Vice President against Republican candidates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, and Reform candidates Ross Perot and Pat Choate.  The donkey has been the symbol of the Democratic party since 1828, when Andrew Jackson ran for President.  Called a jackass by his competition, Jackson put the animal’s image on his campaign posters.  The symbol was later made famous when Thomas Nast, a cartoonist, used the donkey in political illustrations for newspapers.

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This button was most likely commissioned to be used during Carter’s 1976 Presidential campaign. His previous political experience included being a member of his local board of education, a Georgia State Senator and later as Governor of Georgia. Carter first appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on the May 31, 1971 issue as a new, progressive governor. James Earl Carter Jr. served as the 39^th President of the United States from 1977-1981. African Americans supported Carter’s liberal ideals and were optimistic that Carter’s upbringing in a largely African American community would be to their advantage.

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The button refers to Barry Goldwater's last name in terms of chemical elements; Au being gold, and H2O being water.  C5H4N4O3 is the chemical formula for uric acid, a common component found in human urine.

Barry Goldwater (1909 - 1998) was an American politician and businessman who was a five-term senator for Arizona.  He was also the Republican Party nominee for the 1964 presidential election against incumbent President Lyndon Johnson.  Goldwater's conservative campaign platform ultimately failed to gain the needed support and he lost the election.