Enger Kress Wallets

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Illustration of a donkey's head on a red background with three white stars 

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ENGER KRESS WALLETS OCT 1968

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Enger Kress Pocketbook Company was founded in Milwaukee, in 1882. The company was know for making leather products such as wallets, purses, and belts. But During WWII they started manufacturing military helmet straps, gun holsters, and tents. But the company ended and was dissolved in 2006. 

Catalog ID AD0517

Give Your Heart a Hug

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Text on Button Give Your Heart A Hug! FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH THOREK HOSTPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
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Illustration of a red heart with a face and arms hugging itself with black text on awhite background

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The United States observes February as National Heart Month due to heart disease being leading cause of death for men and women. In 2009, President Obama requested that there be a month to recognize the nationwide problem of heart and blood vessel diseases. To fundraise and bring awareness of heart disease, multiple organizations and hospitals observe February as National Heart Month. Thorek Hospital & Medical Center also supports heart care and promotes it during the month of February. Thorek Hospital & Medical Center is a not-for-protif, acute care facility located in Chicago. 

Catalog ID CA0266

Happy Valentine's Day with Dogs

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Text on Button HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
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Illustration of a black and white dog and a brown and light brown dog sitting on a red heart with read hearts in the background and black text along the top, on a pink background

Curl Text copyright Fun World Div. Carle Place. N.Y. 11514 MADE IN CANADA
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Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is a holiday observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not an official holiday in most of them. The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In eighteenth-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending hand-written cards.

Puppy love is defined as intense, but relatively shallow romantic attachment, associated with adolescents.

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Seipel, A. (2011, February 13). The dark origins of Valentine's Day. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133693152/the-dark-origins-of-valentines…

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I'M BACKING 173d IN VIET NAM 2 1/4 Dia. From 1965 the 173rd Airborne was the first major U.S. ARMY ground force to be deployed in Vietnam. This is a very rare button and the ONLY one I've seen.

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"I'M BACKING OUR MEN IN VIET NAM!" A semi rare pin from 1965 2 1/4 Dia. No makers mark on curl. Sister pin to The 173d

Buy, Sell or trade? bluewater1217@yahoo.com

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Out of SE Asia NOW March on San Francisco April 24 (1971) SMC 1.750 Dia. button, SMC = Student Mobilization Committee, On West Coast 300,000 gathered in San Fran and another 750,000 in D.C.

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20,000 American DEAD since 1968 Nixon's Secret election year plans to end the War 1.250 Dia. Nixon ran as a Peace Candidate in 1968

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OUT NOW April 24 (1971) Washington D.C.march NPAC = National Peace Action Coalition 1.750 Dia. Made by the Horn Co. Over 175,000 march in Washington D.C.

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Uncle Sam bleeds You, pinback button 2.0 Dia. 1970 Horn Co. Take off of the WWII "Uncle Sam NEEDS you" poster the BLEEDS you is in reference and in protest of the Vietnam War tax.

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VOTE YES OUT NOW VIETNAM REFERENDUM 70 1 3/4 pinback, Cambridge anti-war coalition.

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