Black "THANKS" above "a Million" formed by filmstrips above a small black crown on a metallic gold background encircled by a black border.

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White text on red ring around the edge of the button.  Photograph of beaver mascot in the middle on a white background.

The American Political Items Collectors (APIC) is a non-profit membership organization, dedicated to promoting the collection, preservation and study of materials relating to political campaigns and the presidency. It was founded in 1945 and holds a national convention every two years for collectors and the general public. The campaign button is the most recognized and widely collected of all campaign objects that members of the APIC actively hunt for and collect.

This button was manufactured by the Busy Beaver Button Co.

Black heart and black text on a metallic gold background. 

Kulture Klub is a nonprofit organization that provides art enrichment programs to homeless children. Founded by Dorit Cypis in 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kulture Klub and their partners has served over 6500 homeless, foster children, and children from violent homes.

Three conjoined golden dollar signs on a black background. 

The “$$$” symbol is in association with the SoundSuitShop, the official website for the Soundsuits created by contemporary trans-artist Nick Cave.  A blend of live performance, sound and fashion these sounds Soundsuits serve as a way to explore African identity and the roles of ceremonial rituals around the world as well as deeper issues like racial profiling in a light-hearted and whimsical expression.  Currently he is a professor and the Chairman of the Fashion Department at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.  

A close up photograph of a man's bare chest.

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Grey bear between grey text on a black background. 

Hyde Park Records is a store that buys and sells records, CDs, and DVDs in Chicago's Southside. In 2012, the store came under new ownership and continues to serve the Chicago community and visitors from all around the world. 

White hardened foam

This button was made by Joel Carter as a present to co-curator Christen Carter. 

Bluce text printed on yellow sponge glued to white pin. 

This button is advertising Uromatic plastic containers for Baxter Healthcare Corporation. The button's innovative squeezable yellow sponge surface is similar to Uromatic pliable plastic containers which contain urologic irrigation solutions. 

Photograph of troll doll with green hair and a purple shirt on a white background.

Troll dolls were originally created in 1959 by Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam. Dam could not afford a Christmas gift for his young daughter Lila and carved the doll from his imagination. They became one of the United States' biggest toy fads in the early 1960s. They became fads again in brief periods from the 1970s through the 1990s and were copied by several manufacturers under different names. During the 1990s several video games and a video show based on troll dolls were created. In 2003 the Dam company restored their United States copyrights, stopping unlicensed production. In 2005 the brand was modernized under the name Trollz, but it failed in the marketplace.

Lenticular image alternating between white text on black background and black text on white background along with blue, pink, and green pinwheels. 

“Think big” is used as a term to encourage someone to think more ambitiously or grand. 

Dimensional Research is a market research company in Burlingame, California. Their focus is to help companies and their products to launch. They have had success with providing services to HP, Dell, Equinix, and others.