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The Kleen Maid Kiddies Klub broadcast over WIBM. The station began broadcasting from Jackson, Michigan in 1924 and is still on the air today. Kleen Maid was a brand of bread, best known for being the first sliced bread. Otto Frederick Rohwedder, an American inventor, filed a patent on his machine in 1928 that sliced a whole loaf of bread at one time. He then sold a model of his invention to M.F. Bench’s Chillicothe Bakery in Missouri, who in turn marketed and sold the Kleen Maid Sliced Bread in the same year.

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Uncle Mistletoe was a popular character originally created by Johanna Osborne at Marshall Field and Company department store for a storefront Christmas display in 1946. His popularity led to TV and a segment called The Kindness Club. To join the club, children were encouraged to write in to the show describing one good deed they had done. Approximately 15,000 children wrote in, each receiving a Kindness Club button.

Blue background with an illustration of a yellow dog with a red tongue over a red banner with white text on it, both on top of white text.

The Kids Ken-L club was a promotion by the Ken-L Ration company in the 1950s. Ken-L Ration was the first canned dog food in the United States, started by the Chappel brothers in 1922. They proudly advertised it as horse meat, which was cheap and widely available at the time. Fido, the yellow dog, was a popular mascot. Many are still familiar with their popular jingle, “My dog’s better than your dog!”

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This button is for Lions Club District 45. The Lions Club International is a worldwide service minded organization made up of volunteers whose goal it is to build stronger communities through service projects. Lions district 45 is located in Williston, Vermont and was founded in 1955.

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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) was founded in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1891. IBEW is a labor union that represents over a million electrical workers and other construction and utility workers across America and Canada. Local union 305 is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is currently at 485 members.

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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in Baltimore, Maryland on April 26, 1819. The movement originated in Great Britain and was a response to the harsh conditions of the time. The Odd Fellows came together under the common commitment to take care of one’s fellow man and provide aid to those in need. They are also known as “The Three Link Fraternity” which stands for Friendship, Love and Truth, represented by the three gold chain links on the button.

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The Good Humor Safety Club was a promotional effort in the 1930s by Good Humor Ice Cream to raise awareness in children regarding automobile safety. Children could become members and hold leadership positions, such as Captain. Many buttons like this one were produced to encourage proper roadside safety.

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The Big Brother E-Z underwear radio club was a promotion for both the underwear brand and the radio show starring Big Brother Bob Emery, who began broadcasting children's programming in Boston during the early 1920s. The Big Brother Club was born shortly afterwards and became a very popular nighttime show for children to listen to stories and music. Kids could apply for membership and receive a card and a button, and were encouraged to do good deeds. E-Z underwear for boys was manufactured and sold by E-Z Mills, Inc.

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Ed Murphy’s Safety Rangers was a program provided by WSYR, a radio station. The point of the program was to make children in schools more safety conscious by handing out badges and certificates. As mentioned in a newspaper clipping, this program was started around 1953. The radio station was started in 1922 in Syracuse and is still in existence today