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Piece Pizzeria and Brewery is located at 1927 W. North Avenue in Chicago's Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood. The restaurant primarily serves New Haven-style thin-crust pizza and microbrewed craft beers. One of Piece's co-owners is Rick Nielsen, lead guitarist of 1970s hitmakers Cheap Trick and a Rockford, Illinois native.

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An often overlooked pitcher from the Chicago Cubs, Guy Bush was one of the National League’s top pitchers from 1928 to 1934 and finished with 176 victories in his seventeen-year career. Bush was also one of the highest paid pitchers in the National League from 1930 through 1933. Bush was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1923–1934), Pittsburgh Pirates (1935–1936), Boston Bees (1936–1937), St. Louis Cardinals (1938), and finally, he returned to baseball in 1945 and ended his career with the Cincinnati Reds. Bush's career even has ties to Babe Ruth. In a game on May 25, 1935 against the Boston Braves, Bush relieved Red Lucas as the pitcher, and Babe Ruth hit the last two home runs of his career off of Bush (home runs #713 and #714). 

This button is part of the Orbit Gum baseball series, a 54-player set issued by Orbit Gum Company of Chicago starting in 1932. Orbit had a brand of gum known as “Tattoo” which issued the baseball series buttons.

Read more about the History of Cubs Buttons on the Busy Beaver blog.

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The Chicago White Sox are also known as the "Go-Go" White Sox, due to their focus on getting on base instead of power hitting. The term "Go-Go" White Sox also appears in their fight song, "Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox", which first made its appearance during the 1959 American League pennant games. The song lost its popularity over the decades, but made a resurgence in 2005 in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It instantly became a hit with Sox fans. 

The Chicago White Sox won the American League pennant but lost to the the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to two in the 1959 World Series. The White Sox won the World Series in 2005.

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Feeling inspired to clean up? This slogan was one of three selected for use in the 1964 Chicago clean up campaign led by Mayor Richard Daley’s citizen committee. The weekly Our Town column in the Chicago Tribune asked its readers for safety and cleanup slogans, and Richard Egan’s entry was made into buttons and signs posted on footbridges on Outer Drive, Chicago.

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Former NFL football player, coach, and television commentator Mike Ditka opened a chain of restaurants located in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Phoenix. Ditka’s restaurants are steakhouses, serving the finest cuts of meat, which can also be purchased online at Ditka’s Premium Meats website. Most nights, Ditka is in the Chicago restaurant greeting customers and fans. 

Mike Ditka was born in 1939 and is a member of both the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fames. He was a champion in 1963 with the Chicago Bears, a three-time Super Bowl Champion, and coach of the year for the Bears in 1985 and 1988.

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Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the 48th Mayor of Chicago. His time in office lasted 21 years, from 1955 to 1976. At the time of this button's manufacture in 1975, Daley was campaigning for his 5th mayoral term on the Democratic ticket. He went on to defeat Republican John Hoellen by a wide margin and began what was to be his final term in office in early 1976. Daley died of a heart attack in December 1976 and was succeeded in office by Michael A. Bilandic, also a Democrat. Daley's son Richard M. Daley was also Mayor of Chicago, from 1989 until his retirement in 2011.

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This button comes from Richard J. Daley's bid to become mayor of Chicago in 1971. Daley, a Democrat, was first elected to the position in 1955, and was elected five more times, 1971 being his fifth time. While in office, Daley worked hard towards keeping Chicago from declining and oversaw the construction of iconic landmarks like Sears Tower, and O'Hare International Airport. Daley worked as Chicago's mayor for 21 years, a length of time only surpassed by his son, Richard M. Daley.

Richard J. Daley. (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley.

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From 1978 - 1983, Olympia sponsored the Chicagofest, a summer music festival that took place on the Navy Pier. Performers over the years included The Blues Brothers, Muddy Waters, Skafish, and the Scorpions.

Olympia is an American brewing company that was founded in the late 1800s in Washington state by Leopold Schmidt. They were known for making affordable lagers until they were acquired by G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1983 (After a change of hands several times, Pabst bought Olympia beer in 1999).

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In 1979, Olympia sponsored the Chicagofest, a summer music festival that took place from 1978 – 1983. Performers over the years have included The Blues Brothers, Muddy Waters, Skafish, and the Scorpions.

Olympia is an American brewing company that was founded in the late 1800s in Washington state by Leopold Schmidt. They were known for making affordable lagers until they were acquired by G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1983 (After several change of hands, Pabst bought Olympia beer in 1999.).