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The OCLC, or Online Computer Library Center is a non-profit dedicated to information access that was founded in 1967 and has joined forces with libraries to create WorldCat, the largest online public access catalog. Between 1984 and 1988 OCLC ran a button slogan contest and this was the promotional button from that time. The same contest was revived in October of 2016 and ended in January of 2017. 

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Trix is a fruit-flavored cereal made by General Mills and marketed to children. The Trix Rabbit is the mascot for the cereal brand, and for years, he was featured in commercials trying to get a taste of the cereal but was always stopped by children repeating the tagline “Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids.”

In 1976 and 1980, a marketing campaign allowed children to decide if the Trix Rabbit was allowed to eat the cereal. Consumers were able to cast a vote by sending in a cereal box top. Those who voted were sent either a “Yes” or “No” button based upon their vote. The result of both elections was “Yes”, and the rabbit was featured in subsequent commercials eating Trix.

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Apples have been dubbed "nature's toothbrush" because they help clean teeth and massage the gums. This slogan was coined in the early 1950s by the National Apple Institute as part of campaign aimed at schools and the medical and dental professions. By 1953, hundreds of dental health films were being circulated throughout the U.S. promoting the apple as "Nature's Toothbrush."

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A ground avoidance radar, also more commonly known as a terrain-following radar, is a technology that allows low-flying aircraft to maintain a safe altitude above ground level. The image on the button appears to be an older version of the GAR, though it can still be seen on the cover of the IDF GAR Ground Avoidance Radar Owner’s Manual.  

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The Season brand began in the Northeast with a Polish immigrant who sold specialty products to grocery stores in the 1920s. The merchant became known for high quality ingredients and by the 1950s, Season products, particularly canned seafood, were household staples. Today, Season sells a wide variety of canned sardines, mackerel, salmon, caviar and kipper. 

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Disneyland, which opened in 1955, was the first theme park built by the Walt Disney Company. It was the brainchild of Walt Disney, who was influenced by visiting various amusement parks with his children, his father's memories of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and the House of David's Eden Springs Park in Michigan. Disney envisioned a destination for adults and their children to have fun together. Today, Disneyland has the largest cumulative attendance of any theme park in the world. It has seen over 650 million guests since its opening.

Goofy is one of the original characters from Disney's Mickey Mouse animated cartoons and remains popular today. During his first appearance in the 1932 cartoon Mickey's Revue, he was known as Dippy Dawg. He was re-envisioned later that year as a younger dog, appearing as Goofy for the first time in The Whoopee Party.

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Coffee beans are frequently referred to by coffee enthusiasts as the "alive" form of raw coffee, in contrast with "dead" ground-up coffee beans. 

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Black and white photograph of opera singer, Sherrill Milnes from the Metropolitan Opera. 

Sherrill Milnes is an American operatic baritone, who made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera at the age of 30, in 1965. He is most famous for his "Verdi roles," performances in operas composed by Italian Giuseppe FortuInino Francesco Verdi. In his career, Milnes has performed with the Opera Company of Boston, Baltimore Opera, New York City Opera, in addition to his lengthy association with the Metropolitan Opera, which lasted until 1997. Milnes' European debut came in 1964 when he sang Figaro from The Barber of Seville at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, and he was catapulted into international fame for his performance of the role of Miller in Verdi's Luisa Miller in 1968. 

Milnes has received the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award, the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government, Yale University's Sanford Medal, and the Order of Lincoln from the Governor of Illinois. Milnes and his wife, soprano Maria Zouves, founded a non-profit organization called the VOICExperience Foundation in 2001, for the purpose of educating young singers.