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Dulinex, an abbreviation for Duisberg - Lincoln Exchange, was a foreign exchange student program between Lincoln High School in Seattle, Washington, and Steinbart Gymnasium School and Johannes Sebus Schule in Duisberg, Germany. Steinbart Gymnasium school was an all-girls school, and Johannes Sebus Schule was an all-boys school; exchange students came alternately from one of the two schools each year. The program lasted from 1958 to 1971.

Many students from Lincoln High School applied to be exchange students to Germany each year and, after interviews and screening of candidates, the entire student body voted to determine who the exchange student would be that year. The program was funded by the student body through share-sales and fundraising events. Within the Dulinex club at Lincoln High School there were three committees: the Selections Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the Projects Committee. The Selections Committee was involved in the process of selecting an exchange student. The Ways and Means Committee was in charge of the share sales, and the Projects Committee created displays to send to the partner schools in Germany.

Lincoln High School closed in 1981 and reopened in 2019 after thirty-eight years. There is an alumni room at Lincoln High School, which includes a historical library that contains more information on the student exchange program.

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From the 1950s to the 1970s, Frosty Morn was a brand of breakfast sausages popular in the American South. To advertise their brand, in the 1960s the company released a series of buttons, radio jingles, television commercials with signs reading “Frosty Morn for President” and songs with lyrics like

“Our candidate has requested
we read this note he sent:
‘I'd rather be a Frosty Morn
Than be president'.”

Though the advertising campaign was a hit that many still remember, Frosty Morn closed in 1977, but has since been bought by a series of companies who continue to keep the brand's name alive today.

(2007, Sept 11). Frosty Morn Sausage. [Web blog post]. Retrieved from: http://suicidefood.blogspot.com/2007/09/frosty-morn-sausage.html

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Chicago-based company Delta Star was founded in 1908 to produce electrical devices that generated and distributed electrical energy.  Early on, the company produced "a complete line of high-voltage indoor and outdoor switches including disconnects, transfers, interrupters, and disrupters for single and group operation."  In the 1950's, the company was purchased by the H.K. Porter Company, renamed, and moved to Belmont, California.  Subsequent plants were opened and in 1980, the Chicago plant was closed.  Though the original plant was closed, the Delta Star name was used at other plants in California and Virginia.

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C-Day, or Chevrolet Day, advertised in 1945 that automotive assembly lines would soon be returning from war production to regular use after the end of World War II. An ad used in the same campaign read "Chevrolet Speaking - When C-Day comes...when new Chevrolets roll off the assembly lines and new automotive values again attract America's interest...Count on the Leader to Lead Again!" Promotional items issued as part of this campaign both advertised Chevrolet cars and helped promote war bonds.

Automotive and other factories switched almost completely to making war materials during World War II. In 1941, the USA manufactured more than three million cars, but only 139 were made during the entire war. American factories produced 297,000 aircraft, 193,000 artillery pieces, 86,000 tanks and two million army trucks for the war effort.

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This button commemorates the purchase of Carnegie Steel Company by the United States Steel Corporation.  USS or U.S. Steel was a large corporation with control over many subsidiary companies.  After the purchase of Carnegie Steel in the early 1900's, the subsidiary company changed the name to Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company in the 1930's.

Carnegie Steel was established in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania is the late 1800's by Andrew Carnegie.

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In the mid 1960s, the fast food chain Burger Chef joined with the comic strip The Family Circus in an advertising campaign. The Indianapolis-based chain, which began in 1954, was a competitor of McDonalds, and launched numerous ads in attempts to become number one in the fast food industry. Their campaign with The Family Circus contributed to their success and at their peak in 1973 Burger Chef had over 1,000 locations. However, the chain was sold to Hardee's and the final Burger Chef closed its doors in 1996.

The Family Circus was created in February 1960 by Bill Keane. The comic, which appears as both a daily strip and Sunday strip, is about the Keane family's daily suburban life centering on the children in the family. Featured on the button is Jeffy, the three-year-old based on the cartoonist's youngest son. Appearing in over 1,500 newspapers, The Family Circus is now one of the most famous comic strips in the world.

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In 1927, John Goerlich founded the Associated Parts (AP) and Goerlich companies to cater to both wholesale and aftermarket customers. In 1928, they introduced a universal muffler to the market and later made mufflers their signature product and the focus of ad campaigns and promotions due to greater business potential. AP has since expanded to offer a comprehensive range of exhaust and emissions products through its online catalog.

Goerlich's, the aftermarket business, was rebranded under the AP name in 2006. AP has been known by several names in its lifetime, including Associated Parts, AP Exhaust Technologies, and AP Emissions Technologies.

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American Oil Company, known as Amoco, ran its "Join the 'American' Party" ad campaign from the 1930s and 1940s. In 1936, newspapers announced that gas stations were giving out multi colored, engraved portraits of the Presidents of the United States as collectible stamps as well. A billboard from 1942 read "For Greater Values Join the American Party - American Gas Amoco." Amoco, was incorporated in 1922 and later became part of Standard Oil of Indiana, which had been broken off from the Standard Oil trust in 1911. In the 1920s, Amoco was among the first oil companies to sell lead-free gasoline as well as leaded gas. Amoco merged with British Petroleum (BP) in 1998.

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This button was created for the Custer High School Indians, also known as Warriors, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mascot has changed from Warriors to Cougars. It is possible the mascot change is more recent as the state of Wisconsin created a law banning the use of Native-American inspired mascots.

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This button was created for the Custer High School Warriors, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mascot has changed from Warriors to Cougars. It is possible the mascot change is recent as the state of Wisconsin created a law banning the use of Native-American inspired mascots.