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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.

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Blue Nun is a German winemaking company. The label features a nun wearing a blue habit, and it is clear to see the pun displayed on the button. Blue Nun was a popular brand in the U.S. during the 1970s and 80s and was widely distributed throughout the world during this time. By the mid 1990s, sales had declined, and Spirit Advertising in London was appointed to re-launch the brand with marketing campaigns aimed at key markets in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. 

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It is likely promoting an interlining agreement between British European Airways (BEA), which operated from 1946-1974, and Trans World Airlines (TWA), which operated from 1925-2001. Such an agreement allowed the airlines to link routes and promote destinations where they did not operate. In the 1960s, BEA and TWA flew routes that connected over 100 cities in the U.S. and Europe.

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Baldwin Piano Company, an American piano brand, was founded by Cincinnati piano teacher Dwight Hamilton Baldwin in 1862. The pianos were highly popular through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Baldwin factories were used during World War II to manufacture military aircraft components. After the war, Baldwin integrated manufacturing techniques learned during that period into the design of its newer piano models. 

Despite some financial struggles, Baldwin weathered the changing markets of the 20th and 21st centuries and remains a popular piano brand today. It is the piano of choice for high profile musical artist like Aaron Copeland, Liberace, Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland, Ben Folds and Miley Cyrus.