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Libertyville High School is located in Libertyville, IL a northern suburb of Chicago.  The school was originally founded in 1917 as the Libertyville Township High School.  The school's mascot is the wildcat, featured on the button. 

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Lane Technical College Preparatory High School, commonly referred to as Lane Tech, is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in the Chicago Public School System. Founded in 1908, the school is named after former Superintendent Albert Lane (1841-1906), who had great influence over the development of the Chicago public school system. At one point the enrollment of the school had swelled to over 9,000 boys (the school was not made co-educational until 1971), requiring them to move to their present location, a 33 acre campus at Addison Street and Western Avenue. The school currently enrolls students from 7th-12th grades and has an enrollment of over 4,000 students.

The institution is called 'The School of Champions' because of its history of excellence (16 state championships since 1908). Its students have gone on to play in multiple professional leagues and even the Olympics. Fritz Pollard, a former student at Lane, was the first African American to be head coach in the NFL, when in 1921 he was named Head Coach of the Akron Pros.

In 2020, the school voted to remove the Native American man as its mascot after consulting with the American Indian Center of Chicago. The mascot was described by the organization as "racist and uphold[ing] our genocidal past as a nation." In 2022, the school plans to survey the school community to choose a new mascot. 

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Born Hazen Shirley Cuyler on August 30th, 1898, Kiki Cuyler was an American Major League Baseball right fielder active between 1921 and 1938. Starting in 1921 Cuyler played for the Pittsburg Pirates, leading them to a World Series victory in 1925. In 1928 he was traded to the Chicago Cubs because of disputes with the Pirate's manager. Playing with Chicago for 7 seasons, in 1936 he signed with the Cincinnati Reds and played there for 2 seasons before spending his final season, 1938, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Coaching in the minor leagues after his retirement, during the 1940s he coached for the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox until his tragic death at the age of 51 from a heart attack on Februrary 11, 1950. In 1968, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 1981 he was included in the book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time by Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig.

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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Kapuskasing Minor Hockey League (also called Kap Minor Hockey or KMHL) is located in Ontario, Canada. It hosts nine divisions, from Pee Wee to adults, and about 50 teams compete in the divisions. In 1981, the KMHL celebrated their diamond jubilee, or 60th anniversary.

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This button is for the American Legion’s Junior Baseball Booster Club. American Legion Baseball provides opportunities for young men to practice fitness, demonstrate leadership, and have fun. Junior baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in all 50 states with more than 5,000 teams, and was founded in 1925. In 1956, the American Legion Baseball National Champions were from St. Louis, Missouri.

A booster club is an organization that supports another club, sports team, or organization by hosting events, fundraising, or cheering on the team. 

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This button is for the American Legion’s Junior Baseball Booster Club. American Legion Baseball provides opportunities for young men to practice fitness, demonstrate leadership, and have fun. Junior baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in all 50 states with more than 5,000 teams, and was founded in 1925. In 1952, the American Legion Baseball National Champions were from Cincinnati, Ohio.

A booster club is an organization that supports another club, sports team, or organization by hosting events, fundraising, or cheering on the team. 

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Indiana University Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University competes in the NCAA's Division 1 and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The school's official colors are cream and crimson though all school sports uniforms are red and white. The school does not have an official mascot but the school and the athletes are commonly referred to as the "Hoosiers" which is a nickname for native residents or people currently living in Indiana.

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Every sport has its fans. Sports spectating has a history going back as far as sports themselves. Branded merchandise featuring mascots is one of the ways fans show enthusiasm for the game and cheer on the team. Tigers are the mascot of several Illinois sports teams: at current count, 13 high schools and 1 university team.