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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. Ditka’s Pork Chops, also called “Da Pork Chop” after Ditka’s nickname, “Da Coach”, are 100% Kurobuta Berkshire hogs, prized for their succulence and tenderness. 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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Marshall Field and Company was a Chicago based department store that opened in the late 1800's and remained opened until 2005 when Macy's acquired the business.  Marshall Field and Company gained notoriety for unique Christmas advertisements and promotions during the holiday months.  This button was traditionally given to customers that went and visited Santa.

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Harry Heathrow bear, said to be named after Prince Harry, was the emblem for Heathrow Airport from the 1970s through to the late 1980s. Harry Heathrow was also used to promote the 1986-1987 airport’s privatization campaign. Located in London, Heathrow was a national airport run by the British Airports Authority (BAA) until privatization in 1987, and is one of the world’s busiest airports serving about 90 airlines which fly to over 180 destinations. 

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The William Wrigley Jr. Company was founded in Chicago in 1891. Originally its main products were baking powder and soap. After the company started to distribute chewing gum along with the baking powder in 1892, it soon became more popular than the powder itself. The company thus reorganized to focus primarily on the manufacturing and distribution of chewing gum. The spearmint flavor shown in this button is the company's longest-running, most popular, and well-recognized. Other chewing gum products include Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, and Big Red, in addition to other popular candies such as Skittles, Starburst, and Life Savers. Home of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, is named after the company. 

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Tuborg is a Danish brewing company that was founded in the late 1800s by Carl Frederik Tietgen. They are known for making lagers, but they also make a Schwarzbier (black beer), a Maibock / Helles Bock, a Pilsner, and a fruit flavored beer. Tuborg is among the most popular brands in Russia, China, and India. Since the 1970s, Turborg has been part of the Carlsberg Group.

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Kideo most likely refers to Kideo TV, a syndicated anthology television series that first aired in 1986. It was made up of a series of short sketches and was hosted by four kids who were obsessed with cars and hung out in a club house. The sketches surrounded the cartoons "Rainbow Brite", "Popples", and "The Get-Along Gang".

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In the late 1980's Kurzweil Computer Products of Cambridge, Massachusetts released their version of a new desktop scanner system that used Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR). ICR is an advanced handwriting recognition system that allows a multitude of handwriting samples to be learned by a computer.  The scanner was named the Discover Model 20 and was capable of reading 5 different languages off of photocopies, printer, and typewriter printouts.

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Hard Rock Cafe is a rock and roll themed restaurant chain founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton. The first Hard Rock Cafe was in London’s Piccadilly neighborhood, and is still in operation today.  The restaurant features a neon sign reading “No Drugs or Nuclear Weapons Allowed”, and the slogan has since become integrally associated with the brand.  The London Hard Rock Cafe was the only location until 1982, when a second location was opened in Los Angeles. Global expansion quickly followed, and there are currently 192 Hard Rock locations worldwide. The Hard Rock Cafe began collecting rock memorabilia in 1979, and the company currently lays claim to one of the largest collections of rock and roll ephemera in the world. All of the Hard Rock locations are decorated with pieces from the collection. The Hard Rock logo was designed by graphic designer and illustrator Alan Aldridge, and first appeared on a button in 1985; the company has since released over 44,000 buttons and pins. 

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In 1987, "Quest: Journey Into Reading" was the theme for the iREAD summer reading program. iREAD was developed in 1981. It provides tools and resources for libraries to promote reading. It was developed by librarians and the Illinois Library Association.

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