Black text on a white horizontal strip with black line edges on an orange background with black edges

Styled on the logo that was in use from 1970 to 1980, this button is for the Cincinnati Bengals. The team’s logo had changed from its original design of a running tiger that had been around since 1968 to the design based on their helmets in 1970. The actual helmets were orange with “Bengals” written across it in black letters. The representation of the helmet remained the team’s logo until the end of the 1980 season when it changed to a striped helmet. 

Yellow text on a red background.

Tecate is a popular pale lager named after the city of Tecate, Baja California, where they were first produced in 1943. Originally brewed by a local company, Tecate was acquired by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in 1955. Tecate is sold in both distinctive red aluminium cans and in twist-top bottles. Tecate beer is one of the most popular beers in Mexico and California and is typically drunk pouring lime and salt on top of a can of the product. "I Tecate My Body" was the slogan for an ad campaign in the 1980s, which generally featured attractive women in little to no clothing.

Yellow button with an illustration of a black smiley face.

The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It  was designed in 1963 by by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.

The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

White background with a red banner with a white star on top and a blue banner with a white star on the bottom. The texy lays between the banners and is blue

The phrase "Hey Rube" is an old carnival term meaning there was a physical confrontation between locals and the carnival folk. If "Hey Rube!" was called out it meant there was trouble and assistance was needed right away.

A great source for Carnival terminology is Sideshow World.