Dinosaurs Dude-asaurus

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Lime green and orange background, patterned and outlined to appear three-dimensional. The character Robbie from the television show Dinosaurs is centered in the foreground, and a yellow banner with black and orange text runs across the bottom.  

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Dinosaurs was an American comedy series that aired from 1991 to 1994. The show was the brainchild of Jim Henson and followed a family of dinosaurs, the Sinclairs (named after the fossil fuel corporation).

Robbie Sinclair is the teenage son of the family. He is a typical teenage dinosaur boy, prone to rebellion and chasing after girls, but is overall caring and dependable.

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Robbie Sinclair. Muppet Wiki. (n.d.-c). https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Robbie_Sinclair

Dinosaurs. Muppet Wiki. (n.d.). https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Dinosaurs

Cerone, D. (1991, November 17). Television : Primal secrets from the World of ’Dinosaurs’ : Disney reveals both the Wizardry and the Wizards behind the prehistoric stars of a prime-time sitcom. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-17-ca-492-story.html

Catalog ID EN0646

Finley

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Morgan M. Finley was a Democrat politician in Chicago, born on August 31, 1925 and active from 1959 to 1989. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1959 to 1967. In 1971, Finley was appointed to Chicago’s Zoning Board of Appeals. In late 1974, he was appointed clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court, amid charges of conspiracy, tax eviction and accepting payoffs by his predecessor. Unfortunately for Finley, he got caught in 1989 accepting bribe money offered by federal “moles” in the Operation Incubator sting. He was sentenced to ten years and only served less than four. Judge Ilana D. Rovner called him “a monument to corruption.”  He was released in 1993 and died in 2016, away from politics. 

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Steinberg, N. (2016, September 22). Politician Morgan Finley, ‘a monument to corruption,’ has died. Chicago Sun-Times. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/9/22/18364946/politician-morgan-finley-a-monument-to-corruption-has-died 

Judge Sentences Finley to 19 Years, Call Him Corrupt. (1989, August 26; Updated 2021, August 8). Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/08/26/judge-sentences-finley-to-10-years-calls-him-corrupt/ 

Catalog ID PO1249

Save Barney from Newt

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Text on Button SAVE BARNEY FROM NEWT
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White text on a bright purple background

Curl Text POLITICAL AMERICANA 1-800-333-45555
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The feud between former Democratic Congressman Barney Frank and former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has been ongoing since 1987, when an aide for Gingrich outed a fellow Congressperson. Frank, the only openly gay member of Congress at the time, denounced such underhanded tactics. Barney v. Gingrich has carried into the twenty-first century, with Gingrich calling for Frank to be jailed for his ties to the mortgage industry in 2011. Later that year, Frank would comment that he "thought the 'Gingrich Group' were his wives," referring to Gingrich's multiple marriages.

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Behind the Barney Frank-Newt Gingrich Hate Fest. (n.d.). Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/why-barney-frank-hates-new…

Catalog ID PO1248

Merci Knot

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Black illustration of a complex rope knot on a white background with bold black text underneath

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The illustration of a knotted rebar is a logo for the Confédération des syndicats nationaux, sometimes written as Conseil central des syndicats nationaux de l'estrie or the CSN. The CSN represents union members in Quebec. The CSN was established in 1921. This item is part of their “say thank you,” campaign which incentivizes thanking essential public service workers. 

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CCSNE. CSN. (n.d.-a). https://www.ccsne.csn.qc.ca/a-propos/

The Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN) is a ... (n.d.). https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/Committee/421/FINA/Brief/BR9073508/br…

Gagné, A. (2019, February 15). DITEs Merci. CSN. https://www.csn.qc.ca/actualites/dites-merci/

Syndicat : Syndicat des travailleuses et des travailleurs des pâtes et du papier de Brompton. CSN. (n.d.-b). https://www.csn.qc.ca/syndicats/10-15-012/

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Bobby Brady Portrait

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Color portrait headshot of Bobby Brady from the Brady Bunch

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The Brady Bunch was an American sitcom which ran from 1969 to 1974. The series follows the blended Brady family as they learn to live under the same roof. The show remains both a pop cultural icon and a site of constant ridicule in its depiction of the American family.

Bobby Brady is the youngest son of the family. He is often picked on for being little but proves himself by saving the day in many episodes.

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Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2023, June 30). The Brady Bunch. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Brady-Bunch

Bobby Brady. The Brady Bunch Wiki. (n.d.-a). https://bradybunch.fandom.com/wiki/Bobby_Brady

Catalog ID EN0645

Marcia Brady Portrait

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Color photograph of the character Marcia Brady from The Brady Bunch

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The Brady Bunch was an American sitcom which ran from 1969 to 1974. The series follows the blended Brady family as they learn to live under the same roof. The show remains both a pop cultural icon and a site of constant ridicule in its depiction of the American family.

Marcia Brady is the eldest daughter of the family. She is popular, beautiful, and basically the perfect American teenage girl. This frustrates her younger sister Jan, who famously complains how everything is about "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia."

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Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2023, June 30). The Brady Bunch. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Brady-Bunch

Marcia Brady. The Brady Bunch Wiki. (n.d.). https://bradybunch.fandom.com/wiki/Marcia_Brady

Catalog ID EN0644

Nothing Can Stop the Batman

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Text on Button Nothing can stop THE BATMAN!
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Red text with an illustration of batman in the foreground. Batman is on a lime green background with lines implying a cage. 

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Catalog ID EN0643

Willkie Wings for America

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Text on Button WILLKIE WINGS for AMERICA
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White background with red text surrounding a blue 1940s airplane with white text on the plane. 

Curl Text WILLKIE 1940 A-0-1972-24 [union bug]
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Born on February 18, 1892, Wendell Willkie was an American lawyer and corporate executive who is perhaps best known for being the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Campaigning against President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Willkie actively campaigned against Roosevelt's New Deal policy as well as for a more active role for the United States in World War II. On election day, President Roosevelt received twenty-seven million votes to Willkie's twenty-two million, and also held a substantial lead in the Electoral College with four hundred and forty-nine to Willkie's eighty-two.

Despite his loss, Willkie, to the surprise of many in his party, became an unlikely ally to the President. Between 1941 and 1943, Willkie embarked on numerous trips abroad, acting as the President's informal envoy. Willkie actively pushed for the United States to provide unlimited aid to Britain in their struggle against Nazi Germany. After returning to campaign once more for President in 1944, Willkie suffered a series of heart attacks, forcing him to leave the campaign. Willkie finally succumbed to a heart attack and died in 1944 at the age of fifty-two. Willkie is remembered and hailed for providing President Roosevelt with political assistance that proved vital to helping America's allies during World War II. Click here to see an alernate version of this button.

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Wendell Willkie - Wings For America Button. Lori Ferber Presidential Memorabilia. Retrieved from https://www.loriferber.com/presidential-memorabilia/franklin-d-roosevel…

Wings for America, Willkie. Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved from http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/ww2/id/263/r…

Catalog ID PO1247

101 Dalmatians Red Background

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Illustration of a dalmatian from the movie 101 Dalmatians on a red background

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Disney released One Hundred and One Dalmatians in 1961. Based on the original novel by English writer Dodie Smith, the film was the first of Disney’s films to utilize Xerox technology. A Xerox machine was used to copy the animator’s original drawings to animation cells, a big time saver compared to the previous method of copying the drawings by hand. Disney continued using this technology until Beauty and the Beast in 1991, when animators switched to a Computer Animated Production System (CAPS).

Click on https://buttonmuseum.org/buttons/101-dalmatians-white-background to see an additional variation of this button also held by the Button Museum.

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Yetikyel, G. (2021, June 2). How “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” Saved Disney. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-one-hundred-and-one-dalma…

Catalog ID EN0642