Tough But

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Text on Button TOUGH but ....
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The mascot "Tough Guy" represents Hastings Manufacturing, a maker of piston rings for use in automotive, marine, agricultural, and other industrial engines. The mascot was introduced in 1936 and has been used in Hastings ads for nearly 80 years, including in the "Tech Tips" section of the company's website. Hastings Manufacturing was founded in Hastings, Michigan in 1915.

Catalog ID AD0468

Totally Hot

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Text on Button TOTALLY HOT!
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This phrase is commonly used to refer to somebody who is extremely good looking and has a nice body.

Catalog ID IB0069

The World is Flat

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Text on Button THE WORLD IS FLAT
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Curl Text A BIG LITTLE STORE 1738 POLK ST., S.F.
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The phrase ‘the world is flat’ was a theory when men of science first began hypothesizing how the world might be shaped. The first known map of our earth from sixth-century Babylon depicts the world as a flat or “disk floating in the water.” It wasn't until the Hellenistic Period that a globe or spherical theory became the more popular of the theories. Today, modern science sticks with the spherical theory and the once believed theory that ‘the world is flat’ is now considered antiquated. 

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The world is flat. (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth.

Catalog ID IB0335

The Electric Hand

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Text on Button WHAT IS IT? THE ELECTRICAL HAND
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Cream background with text on the top and bottom curving with the button. In the center is a hand in blue sleeve with it's pointer finger up. The illustration is surrounded by a red circle with an outline

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Greenduck Co. Chicago
PAT FEB 13 1917
Picture of a duck
Union Bug
No. 1215675

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The Electric Hand was a column-mounted electro-mechanical shifter located under the rim of the steering wheel in 1935-38 Essex, or Terraplane, and Hudson models. It was advertised as a feature to make driving easier and safer because the driver could shift gears without having to take your hands off of the steering wheel. The Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit manufactured the Terraplane between 1932 and 1938.

Catalog ID AD0372

Tell It Like It Is

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Text on Button TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
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“Tell it like it is” is an idiom used when someone is willing or is required to say the facts as they are, speak honestly regardless of the matter, to be candid or frank. The first time “tell it like it is” was recorded dates to 1899 in the Iowa State Bystander newspaper, reporting the words spoken by an individual about African American issues. 

Catalog ID IB0287

Teenie Boppers Unite

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Text on Button TEENIE BOPPERS UNITE
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A "Teenie Bopper" is a person, typically an adolescent girl, who is into all of the latest trends in fashion, music, and culture. They are often linked with liking pop music and teen idols. The term appeared in the 1950s and was used often in the 60s and 70s. 

Catalog ID CA0454

Swedes Have More Fun

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Text on Button SWEDES HAVE MORE FUN!
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Swedes are the citizens of the Scandinavian country Sweden. The colors blue and yellow are the colors of the Swedish flag. The blue color in the Swedish flag represents truth, vigilance, perseverance, loyalty and justice. The yellow color in the flag represents generosity and is in the shape of a cross symbolizing Christianity.

The slogan "Swedes Have More Fun" may be an allusion to the popular phrase "Blondes Have More Fun" which originated from Lady Clairol ads in the late 1950s for hair dye. Since this ad, the phrase "have more fun" has been used for many other identifiers other than blondes.

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Clairol. (2020, September 04). Retrieved September 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairol

Sampson, A. (1970, January 01). Sweden.org.za. Retrieved September 2020, from https://www.sweden.org.za/swedens-flag.html

Catalog ID IB0238