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The Golden Guernsey trademark has been owned by the American Guernsey Association since 1962, and was heavily advertised during that period. The name was first used to advertise a milk product in 1923. Guernsey cows are a reddish-brown, very docile breed whose milk has a high butterfat and protein content, and has a golden color due to a high concentration of beta carotene. Guernsey milk contains 12% more protein, 30% more cream, 33% more vitamin D, 25% more vitamin A and 15% more calcium than average milk. 

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General Electric (GE) is an American corporation that is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut and was founded in 1892. GE specializes in appliances, medical devices, and software development, among other things. In 2011, GE ranked as the sixth largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue. Over the course of its history, two GE employees have won the Nobel Prize: Irving Langmuir in 1932 and Ivar Giaever in 1973.

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The C.F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Company was founded by Cyrus F. Blanke in St. Louis, Missouri and operated from 1889-1940. The mascot for the company was a devil based on a character in a German play, Faust, in which a devil tempts the main character with unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Ergo, the company trademarked a devil character to tempt consumers to purchase their rich coffee blends.

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Duraliner is a brand of light truck bed liners manufactured by Durakon Industries. Durakon is a producer of truck bed and commercial van liners, manufacturing over 200 styles, which are sold and marketed under several different brands. 

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The Curiosity Shop was a program produced by ABC-TV and broadcast on Saturday mornings from 1971 - 1973. Following in the success of Sesame Street, the show was educational and featured a variety of puppets to entertain and teach children. Each week, the Curiosity Shop was hosted by the same three children, Gerard, Ralph, and Cindy, who visited the shop where the puppets lived. Together, they would learn about new subjects and sing songs. Celebrities made guest appearances on the show, as well.

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The logo on the button was the original CBS Eye, which debuted in 1951. The creative director, Bill Golden was inspired by hex symbols that resembled the human eye drawn on barns as he drove through the Pennsylvania Dutch county. The symbols were meant to ward off evil. The CBS Eye was created with the help of graphic artist Kurt Weihs.

CBS had been a major media outlet since its inception as a radio network in 1927. By the 1950s, CBS had captured the broadcasting spotlight when it premiered "I Love Lucy" and debuted the first documentary series "See It Now," hosted by Edward R. Murrow. CBS President Frank Stanton felt the need to give the network a distinct identity. Therefore, he requested Bill Golden to design a symbol to represent the network, and the Eye was created.

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Borden Food Corporation was an American producer of food and beverage products that ceased operations in 2005. At one time, the company was the largest producer of pasta and dairy products in the United States. Borden's Chocolate Drink was essentially packaged chocolate milk that was marketed to children. Print advertisements regularly appeared for the drink picturing Elsie the Cow, a cartoon cow that was the mascot for Borden dairy products.

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Blue Ribbon Doughnuts was one of the first brands of packaged doughnuts sold in grocery stores in the United States. The brand was popular and heavily advertised in newspapers in the late 1920s and 1930s. The doughnuts were marketed as sanitary and modern because they were machine made and untouched by human hands. After being made in a factory, the doughnuts were then packaged in boxes and shipped to grocery stores. They came in two varieties, sugar and plain.