Mothers Bread Kiddie Club

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Text on Button WKBH MOTHERS BREAD KIDDIE CLUB
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Blue text on a white background.

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The Kiddie Club was a radio show held each weekday at 5:30 p.m. on WKBH that showcased the talents of La Crosse, Wisconsin children. It was sponsored by the Erickson Bakery.

Catalog ID CL0314

McFarlins Boys and Girls Club

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Text on Button McFARLIN'S BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF THE AIR OVER WHAM
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White background with a dark blue outer edge with white text on it and an illustration of a radio tower in the center over the top of a green cross symbol with blue text underneath. 

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BASTIAN BROS. CO. MFR'S OF RIBBON METAL AND (union bug) CELLULOID NOVELTIES ROCHESTER, N.Y.

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The McFarlin's Boys’ and Girls’ Club of the Air broadcast over the airwaves on WHAM, a radio station bought in 1922 by George Eastman. It is Rochester’s oldest radio station. The McFarlin's Clothing Company was a successful, high quality retail men’s clothing store and haberdashery that began circa 1860 by Francis Marion McFarlin in Rochester, New York.

Catalog ID CL0301

Magnet Cousins Club

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Text on Button MAGNET COUSINS CLUB WEST DERRY, N.H.
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White background with an illustration of a red and black magnet with white hearts on it and red and black text in the middle.

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MADE BY EHRMAN MANUF'G CO. union bug BOSTON MASS

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Catalog ID CL0313

KYB Club

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Text on Button KYB Club Sunday 200 PM WMBI 1110 kc.
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Red background with white text over an illustration of a radio microphone.

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The KYB club began broadcasting over the airwaves in 1926 on Chicago radio station WMBI. The station, owned by The Moody Bible Institute, was intended to spread the word and teachings of the Christian faith. The KYB club, which stood for Know Your Bible, was a weekly radio show for children every Sunday at 2:00 hosted by “Aunt Theresa” Worman. For 36 years, Aunt Theresa and her young guests told stories, sang songs, and preached mini sermons. By 1940, the club boasted over 17,500 members.

Catalog ID CL0315

Kleenmaid Kiddies Klub

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Text on Button KLEENMAID KIDDIES KLUB DAILY OVER WI BM
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Light blue background with dark blue text along the top and the bottom and a blue and white illustration of a person in a dress and apron with a basket.

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BASTIAN BROS. CO. MFR'S OF RIBBON METAL AND (union bug) CELLULOID NOVELTIES ROCHESTER, N.Y.

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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.

Catalog ID CL0300

Marshall Field and Company Kindness Club

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Text on Button KINDNESS CLUB INC MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY UNCLE MISTLETOE
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White background with black text along the top and bottom edges and an illustration of a person's head wearing a black hat with mistletoe and a red scarf, white hair and peach skin.

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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.

Catalog ID CL0290

Kids Ken'l Klub

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Text on Button OFFICIAL MEMBER KIDS KEN'L KLUB
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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.

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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!”

Catalog ID CL0287

Kiddies Matinee Club

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Text on Button KIDDIES MATINEE CLUB YOUR THEATRE 369
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Black and red text on a dark yellow background.

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PHILA. BADGE CO. PHILA PA 942 MARKET ST. union bug BADGES BUTTONS EMBLEMS

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Catalog ID CL0302

Pitch Your Tent in Jack's Camp

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Text on Button PITCH YOUR TENT IN JACK'S CAMP DISTRICT 45
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White background with black outer edge and a black and white illustration in the center of a tent with text on the side and below it.

Curl Text L C BEAUCHAMP ADV THETFORD HILL, VT
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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.

Catalog ID CL0293

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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Text on Button INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 305 2013 JAN-FEB-MAR
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Orange button with a black outer edge with orange text inside and blue text in the middle surrounding an illustration of a closed hand with electrical bolts radiating out of it.

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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.

Catalog ID CL0320