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| Text on Button | DON'T FOLLOW ME...I'M LOST |
| Image Description | Confused face with lenticular eyes over black text on green background. |
| Curl Text | GREEN DUCK, CO. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MADE IN U.S.A. |
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| Catalog ID | IB0387 |
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| Text on Button | DON'T BE A GLOOM T.P. |
| Image Description | Gloomy bearded man stands to the right of black text over yellowed background. |
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| Additional Information | Illustrator Thomas E. Powers (1870-1939) is known as the first American to draw a color comic strip for a newspaper, the New York Evening World. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, educated in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked briefly in Chicago, Illinois before moving to New York City in 1894. Gloom is a character from his best-known comic "Joy and Gloom." |
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Source: T. E. Powers. (2012, June 14). lambiek.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014, from http://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/powers_te.htm. |
| Catalog ID | AD0396 |
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| Text on Button | DOES IT TICKLE? |
| Image Description | Red text encircled by blue and white checkered border over white background. |
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| Catalog ID | IB0464 |
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| Text on Button | COOL KID |
| Image Description | Purple ombre text over orange checkered background. |
| Curl Text | AGC, Inc. |
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| Additional Information | A "cool kid" refers to a young person who is a trendsetter and usually emulated by his or her peers. Have info on this button? Contact us here. |
| Catalog ID | IB0482 |
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| Text on Button | I'M THE GUY THAT PUT THE CON IN CONGRESS |
| Image Description | Con man centered in black text over white background. |
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Quality Tokio Cigarette Factory No 649 1st DIST. NEW YORK THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. PATENTED |
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| Additional Information | Illustrator Rube Goldberg was born in San Francisco, California and moved to New York City around 1907. The phrase "I'm the guy who" was a trademark expression of Goldberg. He coined it around 1910. He was well known cartoonist and created "Mike and Ike" and "Boob McNutt" among many other strips. Later in life, Goldberg help found the National Cartoonist Society (1946) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize (1948) for his political cartoons. |
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Rube Goldberg. (2012, June 14). lambiek.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014, from http://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goldberg_r.htm. |
| Catalog ID | AD0392 |
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| Text on Button | COME'N GET IT |
| Image Description | White text over blue background. |
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| Catalog ID | IB0442 |
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| Text on Button | It's not the WORK that gets me down...it's the COFFEE BREAKS |
| Image Description | Purple text over white background. |
| Curl Text | JAPAN |
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| Catalog ID | HU0120 |
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| Text on Button | CANNED! |
| Image Description | Frantic dog runs away from can tied to its tail above black text over white background. |
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| Additional Information | George Herriman (1880-1944) became a cartoonist despite his father's guidance. He is best known for his 'Krazy Kat' comic strip, which he wrote and illustrated until his death. Herriman made his name known first in Los Angeles, California and later in New York City. In New York City, he worked at the New York Journal and the New York World. |
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George Herriman. (2012, June 14). lambiek.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014, from http://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herriman.htm |
| Catalog ID | AD0393 |
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| Text on Button | I Was Born This Way WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE? |
| Image Description | White and black text over red and yellow background. |
| Curl Text | JAPAN |
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| Additional Information | Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia, produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured satire/parody for novelty and humor. |
| Catalog ID | IB0460 |
