Illustration of a man's head with peanuts on top. The white areas glow in the dark.

This image of JImmy Carter was created by Seattle based artist, Derek Erdman. It features the 39th US President Jimmy Carter with peanuts placed on his head. Jimmy Carter was famously known to many as the peanut man due to his background in peanut farming. 

This button is part of the 2008 “Glow” Button-O-Matic series produced by Busy Beaver Button Company. The Button-O-Matic is a gumball style vending machine that dispenses limited edition art buttons. 

Blue text and white text outlined in blue with a boy and girl on a seesaw. 

The Blue Button Twins were first introduced in Ladies’ Home Journal in the early 1900s and were a creation of illustrator Helene Nyce, who is said to have created the characters based on real-life twins. This illustration is based on the figurine called “What Goes Up…”, featuring a boy and girl on a see saw. The Blue Button Twins figurines were designed by artist and sculptor Roger Brown and were produced by House of Global Art (HOGA) in the 1980s. 

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Edward A. Warman ran as a democratic candidate for the 13th district in Illinois for the 1965 special election to replace Donald Rumsfeld and ran in the 1970 House of Representatives elections. Warman began his career as a lawyer and later became a three-term state legislator which includes being assistant attorney general in Illinois.

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The phrase "everybody's stuck on my shape" is period slang meaning, "everybody thinks I'm attractive!" An 1889 book of humorous songs by James F. Hoey contains lyrics for a song called, "They are all getting stuck on my shape!" The singer goes on to describe various situations where others admire him for his looks. The phrase survived at least into the early 1920s, as it appears in a 1918 play and in a magazine story from 1924.

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Established in 1988, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd. is an Ecological Restoration contracting firm that handles natural areas and sustainable landscapes projects across the Midwest.

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"I've got oomph!" is an advertising slogan used by Rice's Bread, a restaurant started in 1930s. Rice's Bread ads can be seen in the Afro American Newspaper in the 1940s. Besides meaning a sound made under exertion, “Oomph” is also a colloquial term for sex appeal and attractiveness. Although the first spotted use was in the 1900s in the U.S., "oomph" did not become a popular term till 1930s, and became accepted as a "proper English word" in a London newspaper in 1946. 

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This is a promotional for Western Airlines, likely from the 1970s. The airlines boasted that all passengers, whether in First Class or Coach, had the same amount of legroom. Beginning in 1925 as an airmail delivery company, it was finally bought out by Delta Airlines in 1987.  

A man with a red face, brown hair, and headband with a brown feather. Brown text on top and bottom portion of button. Illustration and text lies on a white background. 

Though existing for many years prior, in 1915 the modern Cleveland Indians baseball team was formed. The first documented use of a Native American chief as their mascot occurred in 1928, this general depiction was redesigned in 1929, 1933, and 1939 and remained in use until it was decided in 1946 that the logo needed to be changed. It was at that point when this caricature, later named Chief Wahoo, was adopted by the team. The logo was designed by 17 year old Walter Goldbach.  This particular image was in use from 1946 to 1950 when it was changed to the modern depiction of Chief Wahoo.

There is some controversy surrounding the logo, many feel that it is racially insensitive and should be changed while others feel that it is honoring Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American professional baseball player. Sockalexis played for Cleveland during the 1897-1899 seasons. There is some debate over the accuracy of Sockalexis being the source of the name at all, given it was adopted 16 years after his short career ended. Currently the modern version of Chief Wahoo is still in use by the team.

Two black stripes on the top and bottom with one large red stripe in the middle. The red stripe contains the words "Clarion Fights" which are in bold black letters. 

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Established in 1881, the Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio and members of the National League Central Division.  The original logo consisted of the word “REDS” inside a wishbone “C” on a red and white color scheme.  During the 1950s, the Reds went through renaming and rebranding of the team as the Cincinnati Redlegs to avoid connections to the communist term ‘Reds.’   They added in the color blue along with their mascot Mr. Redlegs, a humanoid figure in a Reds uniform and an oversized baseball for a head with a large handlebar mustache.