Ask Me About Our Denim Glass

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Text on Button Ask me about our Denim Glass.
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White text on a blue denim textured background with a white dashed line around the outer edge

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Denim Glass is a blue colored glass used in a variety of different materials, for and example, pottery, and tiles. There are also a variety of blue colors. 

Catalog ID AM0016

Avis We Try Harder

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Text on Button We Try Harder.
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COMPLIMENTARY BUTTON FROM AVIS RENT A CAR Avis rents all makes of cars ... features Fords

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In 1963, Avis, the rental car company launched the "We try harder" campaign against its rival Hertz’s. The ad emphasized Avis's No. 2 status in car rental business and portrayed itself as an underdog fighting against the powerful rival who dominated the industry. The ads drew a lot of attention to Avis and was listed in the AdAge Top 100.

The rivalry between Avis and Hertz was dramatized by the TV show Mad Men.

Catalog ID AD0369

Classics In Context

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Text on Button KENTUCKY'S FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES CLASSICS IN CONTEXT
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The Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival was an arts and cultural event that lasted from 1985-1997. It combined a theatrical production with lectures, film showings, exhibits, and panel discussions. Each year the festival was centered around a different theme such as "Steinbeck on Stage & Film". Over the years, Classics in Context Festival's examined  the works of Molière, Luigi Pirandello, John Steinbeck, Ferenc Molnár, Thornton Wilde among others.

Catalog ID EV0140

Time For A Change Sampler

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Text on Button Buy Bar / None Time for a Change
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Time for a Change is a pop/rock/folk sampler album on Bar/None Records label, released in 1989. The record company is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey, founded by Tom Prendergast and Glenn Morrow in 1986. 

Catalog ID MU0243

Romney 1968

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Text on Button ROMNEY '68
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This was a campaign button for the Republican Candidate George Romney's US presidential campaign in 1968. George Wilcken Romney (1907-1995) was a chairman and president of American Motors Corporation and the 43rd Governor of Michigan. Romney campaigned on fiscal responsibility without raising tax and supported social welfare, however he was ambiguous on international policies and he was accused of being a flip-flop over issues related to the Vietnam War. He was once a favored candidate until he dropped a comment about his initial support for the war was a result of "brainwashing" by military officials and changed his to position to oppose the war. Romney's campaign also dealt with concerns about his eligibility to hold the office of President due to the fact that he was born in Mexico. Both his parents had U.S. citizenship and fled Mexico to the U.S. in 1912 during the Mexican Revolution. 

His son Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, also ran for president in both 2008 and 2012, and was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2012 election. George Romney's wife, Lenore Romney, was nominated by Republican Party for the U.S. senate from Michigan in 1970.

Catalog ID PO0189

Udall For President

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Text on Button UDALL FOR PRESIDENT
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This is a campaign button supporting Morris King "Mo" Udall when he was running as a candidate for the US Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. Udall was defeated by Jimmy Carter. 

Mo Udall was a member a well-known political family rooted in the American West. The Udall family has been active in United States politics for over a century, and across 4 generations. Mo Udall's son, Mark Udall, former Senator from Colorado, and his two other cousins, New Mexico's Tom Udall and Utah's Mike Lee, are the current generation of Udall family active in the political arena.

Catalog ID PO0195

Vote for Larson

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Text on Button VOTE FOR LARSON COUNTY CLERK REPUBLICAN
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Curl Text GREEN DUCK CHICAGO
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This button is a campaign button supporting Loyd C. Larson, a Republican nominee for the county clerk position in Cook County in Illinois in the 1942 election. Prior to the election, Larson was the head of his own accounting firm. During his campaign, he criticized the Democratic machinery in stealing votes and other government corruption. It was also reported that many black constituents attended his campaigns with enthusiasm.

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Walker, Ward. (1942, October 7). A Business Man Candidate Opens G.O.P. Campaign: Loyd Larson Tears Into Democratic. Chicago Daily Tribune, pp. 3. 

N.a. (1942, October 13). It's the Clout. Chicago Daily Tribune, pp. 14.

Catalog ID PO0198

Willkie 1940

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Text on Button ON THE WAY GOP WILLKIE 1940 to WASHINGTON
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Curl Text A. G. TRIMBLE CO PITTSBURGH, PA
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Wendell Willkie was the 1940 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States.  Willkie, a corporate lawyer, spoke on issues regarding America's part in the second World War and attempted to ralley support.  Willkie was a very unlikely candidate because he was once a member of the Democratic party and worked on Wall Street. Willkie lost the election to his opponent, Franklin D. Roosevelt. After the election was over, Roosevelt asked Willkie to be part of his staff as an informal ambassador. Willkie traveled the world speaking to America's allies and encouraging support for the US to aid and support allies in times of war, especially Great Britain against Germany.  His progressive views cost him a drastic reduction of support within the Republican party and it eventually lead to him dropping out of the 1944 presidential race.

Catalog ID PO0200

-ismist Recordings

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Text on Button -ismist recordings it's a hit
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Curl Text www.badgebrigade.com - bb0362 http://jump.to/ismist
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-ismist Recordings was founded in 1992 in Lincoln, Nebraska by Dan Schlissel. The label name started as “–ism”, which would stand for all the different forms of art and thought. In 1996, “-ism” became “-ismist.” The label has released a number of albums made by punk artists. Some notable artists are The Monroes, Season to Risk, and Slipknot. 

Catalog ID MU0256