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Reddy Ryder was the safety mascot for an insurance company called Country Companions (now known as Country Financial). Reddy Ryder was a puppet character who focused on bicycle safety and helped teach it to children in an informational but entertaining way. After every safety presentation, children received a Reddy Ryder button like the one pictured to help them remember bicycle safety rules.

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Every motorcycle and bicycle has a front fork that holds the front wheel in place while allowing it to turn and brake. BMW developed a telescopic front fork incorporating hydraulic shock absorbers in the mid-1930s. This design isolated road bumps from the bike frame and the rider. Telescopic front forks became standard on motorcycles and are seen on some bicycles now as well. Being that the forks have oil-filled shock absorbers, good oil seals are essential to performance. Universal Accessories advertised their Leakproof™ fork and shock absorber seals as sized to fit “virtually everything.” By 1977, they had improved their seals with Teflon coating that they claimed reduced friction by 80%. Despite some advertising in 1970s motorcycle magazines, little is known about the company.

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After meeting Hugh Hefner while working on a sketch job for a Chicago department store, LeRoy Neiman got his first big break with the newly created Playboy magazine. Neiman published sketches and wrote a regular column in the men’s magazine. In the 1960s, while living in New York City, Neiman continued his craft, drawing and painting major athletes and other famous figures. The New York Times featured some sketches made by Neiman at the first Muhammad Ali/Joe Frasier boxing match in 1971. He went on to be the official artist of five Olympic games beginning in Munich, 1972. Neiman painted for such events as the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Bobby Fisher-Boris Spassky World Chess Championship in 1972, Broadway plays, and even the Super Bowl. For the ‘79 and ‘76 Olympic games, the fast-food restaurant Burger King sponsored a promotion with Neiman where diners would receive an Olympic print when they purchased specific menu items. Commemorative LeRoy Neiman pins were also given to diners wishing to donate.

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This is an advertisement for Franksville, a restaurant located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1964, Franksville is best known for their hot dog specials and their logo still features the image on the button.  

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The Epcot World Showcase at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida shares the culture and cuisine of eleven countries from around the world, including Morocco. The Morocco Pavilion opened in 1984 and is designed to look like a Moroccan city. The pavilion features three Moroccan restaurants, several stores, an outdoor bazaar, and Moroccan-themed entertainment. It is also a place where guests can meet and visit with the Disney characters, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine.

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McDonald's logo at the top over red letters reading, "BIG MAC," over a photograph of said hamburger, which is over black text in French on a white background.

Canada was the first foreign market the U.S.-based fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's entered. They opened their first Canadian location in British Columbia in 1967. McDonald's became the largest foodservice operator in Canada by 1981. They maintained that position until 2005 when they were overtaken by Canadian coffee and doughnut fast food restaurant Tim Hortons. 

The popular McDonalds menu, the McFlurry, originated in Canada. It was first served at a McDonald's in Bathurst, New Brunswick, in 1995 and was being served at McDonald's across Canada within two years.
 

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Popov is a grain-based vodka, which is sold at a low price point and marketed for mixed drinks. It controls a significant market share of the vodkas sold in the United States and competes with other vodkas in the low range price niche. For some time, Popov was produced by Heublein, which was an American producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages. The company is credited for popularizing vodka in the United States after it acquired the rights to Smirnoff Vodka in 1938. 

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The Wrangler Wracing Team operated in the Formula 5000 league from its founding in 1967 until the league went defunct in 1976. During the bulk of their existence, the Wrangler team cars were driven by Randy Lewis. They competed in the Formula A division, which was made to compete against Formula 500’s F1 division. The two divisions were nearly identical, with the FA division featuring cars of a slightly heavier build. Eventually, a depressed economy led to a lack of sponsors for the league, which quickly transitioned its resources to another division, ending the Formula A division.

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Keno is a gambling game played with cards or tickets that is similar to a lottery. Players pick numbers from a set range, the house calls numbers from the range, and a player can receive a payout based on how many numbers match. Typically, the range goes from 1-80, a player will pick up to ten numbers within the range, and the house will call twenty numbers. The game is believed to have come from China, the earliest references from 1847 when the Portuguese government at Macau licensed lottery operators. Chinese immigrants brought the game with them to America. The Chicago American advertised their Keno contest in Midwestern newspapers in February 1959. $21,000 were given away weekly as prizes with no subscription or entry fee required and no minimum age.