Blue text curving around edge of button with date in the middle, on white background.

The Monarch Club was a national organization with branches in towns across the United States. This button commemorated the National Monarch Club convention of 1932 held in Syracuse, New York. Every year a vote would take place to determine the location of the next convention. Durham, NC was chosen as the site of the 1933 convention and John Sorg (of Pittsburgh, PA) was re-elected as national president. The previous 1931 national convention took place in Richmond, Virginia.

As a whole the Monarch Club were engaged in civic matters. In 1941, the Monarch Club of Cortland raised funds via a public dance for the local blood bank and the Rochester Monarch Club hosted a steak-roast and G.O.P platform informational session for those interested in 1931.

An image of a black stamped shape on a red background. The text for the exhibit name is white and the museum name is red.

The "Committed to Print" exhibition the Museum of Modern Art was on view from January 31-April 19, 1988. This exhibit was somewhat groundbreaking as it was the first to look at the social and political themes that were present in 1960s American print art. All of the art that was part of this exhibit was in the fine art tradition as opposed to the graphic arts. Deborah Wye, associate curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, mounted the exhibit. The exhibit was comprised of 144 prints and 36 artists books. The pieces were arranged for this exhibition based on theme categories. Some of the featured themes were gender, nuclear power and ecology, and the American Dream. The press release for this exhibit explains that “most of the artists represented in the exhibition communicate[d] their concerns in the formal language of modernism.” (pg. 3). The various mediums that were employed, included silkscreen, block printing, etching, lithography, and others. 

Red illustration of a winged roller skate with red text above and below on a gold background.

The Mineola Skating Rink was located in Mineola, New York.  Earl and Inez Van Horn, alongside their business partner Harry Brickmeyer, opened up the rink in 1934.  Before opening the rink, the Van Horns had toured Europe as a skate dancing team.  Having once been a cattle exhibition barn, the building that housed the rink received several improvements over the years.  Some such improvements included a silver ceiling and walls covered in blue silk.  The rink hosted more than 60 skating clubs, with colorful names such as the Bayside Dragons, Blue Jackets, Westbury Flashes, and the Zippy Zephyrs.  By 1948, the Mineola Skating Rink served upwards of 90,000 skaters.  However, interest in skating eventually faded.  In 1960, the rink was torn down and the space now serves as a municipal parking lot.  

The button has a green and ivory text and background combination. The number is centered on the button and text arches over the top. The "Microsoft" text, star, and bottom text are in a green square.

Seequa was a computer company in the 1980s. They partnered with Microsoft and produced their first portable computer named Seequa Chameleon, which ran the early MS-DOS or CP/M operating system.

White circle with an orange star in center of button.  The orange star contains a white outline of a bird or bat with wings out. White text around outer border and inner border on orange background. 

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Photograph of a woman wearing a red winter coat and holding a painting, standing in front of colorful artwork.

Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia, who was inspired to paint by her mother. She married Everett Lewis, a fisherman, in 1938. They moved into a house with no electricity and plumbing and used their residence for drawing sketches. She died in the year 1970 and her former home is now considered a landmark. A movie called Maudie was made of her life and work.

An illustration of a British flag on a flag pole is centered on the button with "MASONS" in blue centered on the flag. The date is placed on its side and to the left of the flag. The words "Enjoy" and "Pop" are above and below the flag respectively. The words are red and the date is blue on a beige background.

Mason's Pop Company was a popular English soft drink company founded in 1895 by Titus Mason, base in Smethwick, England. Mason's Pop experienced financial difficulty in the 1990s, and the company was sold to its rival, Purity. Purity now produces thirty different Mason's flavors, among them apple, ginger beer, cola, cherry, and Super Jaff. Super Jaff is their most popular flavor, characterized by its distinct bright orange color.  

A black carriage surrounded by black text on a yellowed background. 

The Martin Carriage Works was created in 1888 in York, Pennsylvania. In 1906, the output of the carriage factory included pleasure carriages, buggies, and varieties of spring and delivery wagons. The company was not only manufacturing and delivering wagons around the United States, but also to customers in England, Germany, South Africa, Mexico, Australia and South America. Also in 1906, the Martin Carriage Works was not only the largest carriage factory in the East, but also the best equipped with the newest machinery. The Martin Carriage Works was listed under manufacturers of milk wagons, phaetons, delivery carts, road carts, rural mail wagons, spring wagons, truck wagons, buggies and surreys in the 1912 Farm Implement News Buyer’s Guide. As automobiles became more common, the company shifted gears to construct vehicles with motors.

Large orange star on center of button. Orange text around border on white background. 

The button is an advertisement to promote winter tourism in Manistique, Michigan. Though there is no record of an official "ski club," Manistique is a small town ideal for recreational activities due to its geographical location and climate. Located on the western part of Michigan, the north side of Lake Michigan, Manistique receives an abundant amount of snow in the mountains and the trails are suitable for skiing. Manistique experienced an economic boom in the early 1900s due to its farmlands, lumber mills, metalwork which prompted an aspiration to attract visitors. 

An illustration of a smiling man in a blue turban that says "LITTLE PROFIT" next to red text on a white background. 

The expression on this button, "make love, not profits," is an anti-corporate activism spin-off of the famous anti-Vietnam War slogan "Make love, not war." Allegedly coined by Gershon Legman, an anthologist of erotic humor in 1963, "Make love, not war" became a popular phrase in the counterculture 60s and 70s. Derivatives of the remark quickly emerged and gained popularity.