Pink and red hearts exploding from black text over white background. 

Saint Elizabeth Seton Church is a Catholic Church located in Orland Hills, IL. It was founded in 1986 by Father William O'Mara and the construction of the church was completed in 1990. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the patron saint for whom the church is named, was born in the United States in 1774 and died in 1821. She was canonized a saint by the church in 1975 and in doing so became the first American to be declared a saint.

A heart with a tear in it sits on a yellow background. Blue text sits above and below the heart and a pink ring surrounds everything. 

The heart shape is a graphic symbol representing an expression of love. The use of the heart shape originated in the Middle Ages, though it wasn’t used to symbolize love until the 15th century. Today, it is frequently used on romantic items or to indicate a specific love of something. 
A tear or crack in a heart symbolizes a broken heart, having felt sorrow or hurt especially in romantic love.
A heartbreaker is a person who is attractive and flirts with a person, but does not reciprocate their love.

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Goldblatt's was a chain of local discount stores that operated in Chicago, Illinois as well as Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. Founded in 1914, the chain grew to more than twenty stores at its peak, gradually closing its stores in the 1990s and selling others to Ames before finally closing completely in 2000. Goldblatt's was founded by brothers Nate and Maurice Goldblatt. Immigrants from Poland, the Goldblatt family ran a grocery store and butcher shop on Chicago's west side. Nate and Maurice opened their first store near the corner of Ashland and Chicago Avenue. During the Great Depression of the 1930s Goldblatt's did well, and the brothers were able to purchase several smaller department stores. In 1936, Goldblatt's opened their State Street flagship store at State and Van Buren. Goldblatt's moved towards more upscale products and offered small appliances, a deli, and confectionary goods.

Cross-stitched hearts and poot clouds surround purple cross-stitched text over white background. 

This is a handmade button by an artist and animator, Penelope Meatloaf, who owns her own Etsy shop.  It appears to be part of an overall theme of sexual, grotesque, and provocative items that the owner sells, and is listed as "limited edition."  This is, however, one of the cleaner ones that the artist has created for sale!

White text in the shape of a heart over red background. 

"Chicago Loves Its Lakeshore" was an advertising catchphrase used by Lake Shore National Bank in Chicago, Illinois. It was an official trademark of Lake Shore National Bank and was registered in 1982. Some of the bank's specialties were financing and mortgages.

Black text above and below a red heart, on a white background. 

This is a button celebrating CETEC's support for Robinson Nugent. CETEC Cereal Technologies Inc., established in 1986, works with cereal milling and food processing industries in various capacities, like milling, materials handling, and color sorting of grains and fresh vegetables. Robinson Nugent is a circuit board, transistor, and cable connectors company created by Robinson Nugent in 1978. The company was later sold to 3M in 2001; this button may be from this merger. 

Illustration of a half blue, half red heart with a white curved line down the middle, with black text on a white background.

Carnival Cruise Lines is a British-American owned cruise line, based in Doral, Florida. Originally an independent company founded in 1972 by Ted Arison, the company is now one of ten cruise ship brands owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & plc. Carnival was a pioneer in the concept of shorter, less expensive cruises. Its ships are known for their Las Vegas-style decor and entertainment. The line calls its ships "The Fun Ships", and there are a wide range of activities offered on board. Its trademark is the funnel, which is red, white and blue and shaped like a whale's tail. The mascot for Carnival is Fun Ship Freddy, a character in the shape of Carnival's distinctive funnel.

Blue heart inside the outline of Montana on white background. 

The Heart Sticker Company produces "I Love" stickers for all 50 states, including Montana. The symbolism behind the image on the button is that Montana is nicknamed "Blue Sky Country".

Yellow and orange text sit above a purple heart. Everything is set on a black background. 

Halloween is a celebration held on October 31st each year in many different countries around the world. The word Halloween or Hallowe’en comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows’ Eve, the evening before All Hallows’ Day or All Saints’ Day.  This Christian celebration honors all saints and is celebrated on November 1st, thus Halloween or All Hallow’s’ Eve is the day before that celebration. Modern celebrations of Halloween include dressing up in costumes, walking from house to house (known as trick-or-treating), and going to social events or parties. Another tradition is carving jack-o-lanterns, which are carved faces or designs on pumpkins, turnips, or other root vegetables.

Commonly associated with Halloween are “thing that go bump in the night” like ghosts, goblins, and vampires. The last of these is a folklore creature that sustains itself by biting its victims and sucking their blood. Vampires exist in nearly every culture and were popularized by Irish author Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel entitled Dracula. Most recognize vampires as fictional entities, but some still buy into the existence of the chupacabra—an American monster that attacks and drinks the blood of livestock.

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The "Babysitters Club" was a popular book series in the 1980s through 2000, written by Ann M. Martin. The series is based on a group of four friends in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut and their babysitting business. The series starts with four main characters Kristy Thomas (president), Claudia Kishi (vice president), Mary Anne Spier (secretary) and Stacey McGill (treasurer) and eventually adds new characters. Each book narrates the babysitting experience of each girl and a subplot of the different issues they face.

This is a variation of the I heart NY logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.