Think Happy Thoughts

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Text on Button THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS
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Red background with purple, yellow, and pink text. A blue cartoon character with a square head, black hair, and two bandages on its forehead is on the left-hand side next to a thought bubble with a cartoon cheeseburger inside. The character wears a red jumper adorned with a skull.

Curl Text © & TM Art Impressions, Inc. . All Rights Reserved . Www.sosohappyonline.com
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So So Happy is an accessories and apparel brand that is a trademark of So So Happy Studios. The studio provides backstory for the monster characters that feature in So So Happy’s trademark designs. The blue werewolf character pictured on this button is named Ozzie and likes bubblegum.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office (June 26, 2012) So So Happy. https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:d0a3wa.3.17

Fandom (2023) Ozzie https://so-so-happy.fandom.com/wiki/Ozzie

Facebook (2023) So So Happy. https://www.facebook.com/SoSoHappy/

Jazzmyn Albright (May 12, 2015). SO SO HAPPY. https://prezi.com/plg1hmjmthgh/so-so-happy/

Catalog ID HU0218

HU A Love Song to God

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Text on Button HU A Love Song to God
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Yellow starburst background with black letters

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Eckantar is a religion started and centered in the United States and practiced worldwide. HU: A Love Song to God is a recording of stories, exercises and ECK religious wisdom compiled by Sri Harold Klemp. Sri Klemp has been the leader of the religion since 1981.

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Eckantar (2023) Frequently Asked Questions. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.eckankar.org/explore/faqs/

Eckantar (2023) Explore HU: A Love Song to God. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.eckankar.org/hu/explore-hu-en/#:~:text=HU%3A%20A%20Love%20S….

Catalog ID AD1056

The Slits at the Aklam

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Text on Button The Slits at the Aklam
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Black child-like handwritten text with a stick figure illustration of the band The Slits

Curl Text IMAGE AS VIRUS EXHIBIT BUTTONMUSEUM.ORG 2018
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Punk rock was quite a sensation in 1978 in London. Posters for the Slits show at the Aklam list opening acts The Innocents and The Doll, as well as indicating the bar was open 'til 12.

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Larkin, C. (2006). Punk. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Feb. 2023, from https://www-oxfordreference-com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/view/10.10….

Catalog ID MU0560

Domestic Divas Sleuth With Style!

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Text on Button Domestic Divas Sleuth with Style! divamysteries.com
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The Domestic Diva mysteries are a contemporary novel series written by Krista Davis. The novels feature amateur sleuth Sophie Winston solving tasty mysteries in small town Virginia. In addition to following Sophie's adventures, recipes and cooking tips are included in the books. Other series by the author are the Paws & Claws mysteries and Pen & Ink mysteries.

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Davis, Krista (2022) Domestic Diva Mysteries. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.kristadavis.com/domestic-diva-mysteries/domestic-diva-myste…

Catalog ID AD1055

So Reach Alternate Version

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Text on Button So REACH! MADE IN CHINA
Image Description Illustration of an angry cartoon man holding a gun in each hand with a blue and red hat with bullet holes through it. There is a yellow ray surrounding him with a red background. Below the illustration are the words So REACH! in red bold letters on a white background. Manufacturer location is printed on the bottom of the button.
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The outlaw gunslinger is a trope that has captured the imagination of people for years. A few cartoon cowboys that have enjoyed popularity are Tex Avery from The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Yosemite Sam from Looney Toons, and Woody from Toy Story.

This is an alternate version of IB0162: it features the same image, but was manufactured in a different location.

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Perlmutter, D. (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Accessed February 18, 2023 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_American_Anima… TV Tropes (n.d.) The Gunslinger. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGunslinger

Catalog ID IB0778

Insult to Injury

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Text on Button INSULT TO INJURY
Image Description Yellow text outlined in gray on a yellow background with an illustration of a male presenting person with light skin and shaggy hair wearing a yellow shirt and a green jacket
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The expression “add insult to injury” means to make a bad situation even worse. Its use dates back to Ancient Greece, appearing in Aesop’s fable The Bald Man and the Fly. In the story, a fly bites a man on the head, and the man slaps himself so hard he hurts himself. The fly then mocks the man: “You want to avenge an insect’s sting with death; what will you do to yourself, who have added insult to injury?”

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Grammartist. (n.d.). Add insult to injury. https://grammarist.com/idiom/add-insult-to-injury/

Catalog ID AR0474

Curley & Moe Swanson's Nursery 2010

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Text on Button CURLEY & MOE HOLIDAY HIGH JINKS SWANSON NURSERY 2010
Image Description Orange text on a yellow background with photographs of a camel and a donkey in front of illustrations of green palm trees.
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Swansons Nursery is a gardening center, gift store, and cafe located in Seattle, Washington. During the Christmas season of 2010, Swansons Nursery hosted a festive Santa Claus and animal meet and greet. Among the featured animals included the reindeers Dasher, Blitzen, and Jingle as well as Curley the camel and Moe the miniature donkey.

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Swedes, G. (2010, November 28). Swansons is all decked out for the holidays. My Ballard. https://www.myballard.com/2010/11/28/swansons-is-all-decked-out-for-the… Swansons Nursery. (n.d.). https://www.swansonsnursery.com/#

Catalog ID EV0949

I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark

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Text on Button I'm Afraid TO GO HOME IN THE DARK
Image Description Black text on a white background with a red and white checkered ring around the outside
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Why are we afraid of the dark? Whether or not there is a definitive answer, it's true that there have been many light bringers in human history. The invention of street lamps, for example, made city streets visible in the night.

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Cartoon about public reaction to the installation of the first gas streetlights in London 1807-1808... [Photograph]. (2003). J. R. Farr (Ed.), World Eras (Vol. 9). Gale. https://link-gale-com.ezproxy3.library.arizona.edu/apps/doc/PC303548711…

Catalog ID IB0786